Advice to the people

Of a Dysentery, or
Bloody-Flux —— 335
The Symptoms of the Disease —— 336
The Remedies against it —— 338
Of the beneficial Use of ripe Fruits —— 341
Of the Danger of taking a great Number of popular Remedies in
it —— 345

Of the Itch —— 347

Directions peculiar to the Sex —— 352
Of the monthly Customs —— 353
Of Gravidation, or going with Child —— 365
Of Labours or Deliveries, —— 367
Of their Consequences —— 371
Of a Cancer —— 373

Directions with Regard to Children —— 375
Of the first Cause of their Disorders,
the Meconium —— 377
—the second, the souring of their Milk —— 379
—the Danger of giving them Oil —— ib.
—Disorders from their Want of Perspiration, the Means
of keeping it up, and of washing them in cold Water —— 381
& 382
—the third Cause, the cutting of their Teeth —— 386
—the fourth Cause, Worms —— 387
Of Convulsions —— 391
Methods necessary to make them strong and hardy, with
general Directions about them —— 396 & seq.

Of Assistances for drowned Persons —— 403

Of Substances stopt between the Mouth and the Stomach —— 411

Of Disorders requiring the Assistance of a Surgeon —— 435
Of Burns —— 436
Of Wounds —— 437
Of Bruises, and of Falls —— 444
Of Ulcers —— 454
Of frozen Limbs, or Joints —— 458
Of Chilblains —— 462
Of Ruptures —— 474
Of Phlegmons, or Boils —— 480
Of Fellons, or Whitlows —— 481
Of Thorns, Splinters, &c. in the Skin or Flesh —— 486
Of Warts —— 488
Of Corns —— 490

Of giving Remedies by Way of Precaution —— 531
Of Bleeding —— 532
Of Purges —— 540
Remedies to be used after excessive Purging —— 544
Reflections on some other Remedies —— 546, &c.

Of Quacks, Mountebanks, and Conjurers —— 551

Questions necessary to be answered by any Person, who goes to consult a Physician —— 579

The Table of Remedies —— 584