Curiosities of
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共 214 题- J. G. MILLINGEN, M.D., M.A.
- SECOND EDITION.
- REVISED AND CONSIDERABLY AUGMENTED.
- IN ONE VOLUME.
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CONTENTS.
- Page
- Obesity 1
- Dwarfs 9
- Gigantic Races 12
- Unlawful Cures 19
- Voice and Speech 32
- Ecstatic Exaltation 37
- Varieties of Mankind 44
- On the Inhumation of the Dead in Cities 54
- Buried Alive 63
- Spontaneous Combustion 66
- Brassica Eruca 70
- Cagliostro 71
- Lunar Influence on Human Life and Diseases 73
- Spectacles 76
- Leeches 77
- Somnambulism 79
- Medical Powers of Music 88
- The Food of Mankind 96
- Influence of Imagination 125
- Ancient Ideas of Phrenology 135
- Perfumes 136
- Love Philters and Potions 141
- Ventriloquism 148
- Chaucer's Description of a Physician 151
- Daemonomania 152
- The Plague 164
- Abstinence 185
- Poison of the Upas, or Ipo 190
- Homophagous and polyphagous 196
- Causes of Insanity 202
- Leprosy 221
- The Aspic 227
- The Lettuce 230
- Medical Fees 231
- Enthusiasm 237
- Medical effects of Water 252
- Proverbs and Sayings regarding Health and Disease 259
- The Night-mare 262
- Incubation of Diseases 266
- Quackery and Charlatanism 269
- On the use of Tea 277
- Mandragore 281
- Barber-Surgeons, and the Progress of Chirurgical Art 285
- On Dreams 295
- On Flagellation 312
- On Life and the Blood 317
- Of the Homoeopathic Doctrines 337
- Doctrine of Signatures 365
- Coffee 370
- Aqua Tophania 374
- Plica Polonica & Human Hair 377
- Animal Magnetism 384
- Poisonous Fishes 397
- Memory & the Mental Faculties 404
- Affections of the Sight 420
- Hellebore 426
- Sympathies and Antipathies 428
- The Archeus of Van Helmont 439
- Monsters 443
- Longevity 453
- Cretinism 472
- Temperaments 476
- Solar Influence 482
- Sweating Fever 485
- Smallpox 491
- Drunkenness 507
- Decapitation 516
- Mummies 518
- Hydrophobia 527
- Rise and Progress of Medicine 534
- Medicine of the Chinese 552
- Experiments on Living Animals 559
- CURIOSITIES OF MEDICAL EXPERIENCE.
- OBESITY.
- DWARFS.
- GIGANTIC RACES.
- UNLAWFUL CURES.
- Sir Walter Scott says, in the "Lay of the Last Minstrel,"--
- VOICE AND SPEECH.
- ECSTATIC EXALTATION.
- VARIETIES OF MANKIND.
- I. THE CAUCASIAN.
- II. THE MONGOLIAN.
- III. THE ETHIOPIAN.
- IV. THE AMERICAN.
- V. THE MALAY.
- ON THE INHUMATION OF THE DEAD IN CITIES.
- BURIED ALIVE.
- SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
- BRASSICA ERUCA, OR THE ROCKET PLANT.
- CAGLIOSTRO.
- LUNAR INFLUENCE ON HUMAN LIFE AND DISEASES.
- SPECTACLES.
- LEECHES.
- SOMNAMBULISM.
- MEDICAL POWERS OF MUSIC.
- THE FOOD OF MANKIND. ITS USE AND ABUSE.
- And again--
- 2. Another dog, who was kept on brown soldiers' bread did not suffer.
- 6. Rodent animals will live a very long time on muscular substances.
- I am thine _ad unguem_;
- INFLUENCE OF IMAGINATION.
- ANCIENT IDEAS OF PHRENOLOGY.
- PERFUMES.
- LOVE PHILTERS AND POTIONS.
- VENTRILOQUISM.
- CHAUCER'S DESCRIPTION OF A PHYSICIAN. THE DOCTOR OF PHYSIC.
- DAEMONOMANIA.
- THE PLAGUE.
- 1. Plague may generally be considered as arising from contagion.
- ABSTINENCE.
- POISON OF THE UPAS, OR IPO.
- HOMOPHAGOUS AND POLYPHAGOUS.
- CAUSES OF INSANITY.
- 1. He must prove himself a man of honour.
- LEPROSY.
- THE ASPIC.
- SELDEN'S COMPARISON BETWEEN A DIVINE, A STATESMAN, AND A PHYSICIAN.
- THE LETTUCE.
- MEDICAL FEES.
- ENTHUSIASM.
- MEDICINAL EFFECTS OF WATER.
- PROVERBS AND SAYINGS REGARDING HEALTH AND DISEASE.
- When the sun rises, the disease will abate.[21]
- THE NIGHT-MARE.
- INCUBATION OF DISEASES.
- QUACKERY AND CHARLATANISM.
- ON THE USE OF TEA.
- MANDRAGORE.
- BARBER-SURGEONS, AND THE PROGRESS OF CHIRURGICAL ART.
- ON DREAMS.
- ON FLAGELLATION.
- ON LIFE AND THE BLOOD.
- OF THE HOMOEOPATHIC DOCTRINES.
- CASE I.
- CASE II.
- CASE III.
- CASE IV.
- CASE V.
- CASE VI.
- DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES.
- COFFEE.
- AQUA TOPHANIA.
- PLICA POLONICA AND HUMAN HAIR.
- ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
- 2. They were _scarcely_ apparent in others.
- 2. Magnetism acts on persons of different age and sex.
- POISONOUS FISHES.
- MEMORY AND THE MENTAL FACULTIES.
- I. Natural or philosophical associations.
- II. Local or incidental associations.
- III. Arbitrary or fictitious associations.
- AFFECTIONS OF THE SIGHT.
- HELLEBORE.
- SYMPATHIES AND ANTIPATHIES.
- THE ARCHEUS OF VAN HELMONT.
- MONSTERS.
- LONGEVITY.
- 1. Climate and soil.
- 2. Difference of races.
- 3. Complexion and stature.
- 4. Period of development during gestation, and of subsequent growth.
- 5. Mode of living.
- 6. Moral emotions, occupations.
- AGES OF GREAT MEN.
- 8. Marriage is decidedly favourable to longevity.
- CRETINISM.
- TEMPERAMENTS.
- SOLAR INFLUENCE.
- SWEATING FEVER.
- SMALLPOX.
- GENERATIVE ANIMALCULES.
- CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD.
- DRUNKENNESS.
- DECAPITATION.
- MUMMIES.
- HYDROPHOBIA.
- ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE.
- MEDICINE OF THE CHINESE.
- 1. The superficial P. in _Feou_, which yields to the slightest pressure.
- 1. The deep P. _Tehin_, only discovered by a firm pressure.
- 2. The filiform P. _Ouei_, a threadlike pulsation.
- 3. The moderate P. _Ouan_, slow and languid.
- 1. The long P. _Tehang_, full, smooth--feeling like a full tube.
- 3. The empty P. _Hin_, insensible under moderate pressure.
- 4. The tight P. _Tsou_, which the finger feels with difficulty.
- 5. The embarrassed P. _Kie_, languid and occasionally stopping.
- 7. The slender P. _Sie_, so slow and weak, that it feels like a hair.
- 8. The moving P. _Tong_, that one might compare to stones under water.
- 9. The tense P. _Ke_, feeling like a distended drum-head.
- 1. The strong pulse, _Ta_, filling the vessel, yet yielding to pressure.
- 3. The scattered P. _San_, soft, slow, and non-resisting.
- 5. The firm P. _Tun_, consistent and resisting.
- 6. The lively P. _Ki_, pulsation rapid in succession.
- 7. The skipping P. _Teng_, pulsation unequal, sudden, and frequent.
- 1. The great prescription.
- 2. The little prescription.
- 3. The slow prescription.
- 4. The prompt prescription.
- 5. The odd prescription.
- 6. The even prescription.
- 7. The double prescription.
- EXPERIMENTS ON LIVING ANIMALS.
- THE END.
- WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE STRAND.
- FOOTNOTES: