PART III. RATIONAL MEDICINE.

CHAPTER I. THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE.
CHAPTER II. REMEDIES FOR DISEASE.
CHAPTER III. BATHS AND MOTION AS REMEDIAL AGENTS.
CHAPTER IV. HYGIENIC TREATMENT OF THE SICK.

PART IV. DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIAL TREATMENT.

INDEX

FOOTNOTES

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PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION

The popular favor with which former editions of this work have been
received has required the production of such a vast number of copies,
that the original electrotype plates from which it has heretofore been
printed, have been completely worn out.

The book has been re-produced in London, England, where six editions
have already been necessary to supply the demand for it.

In order to continue its publication to meet the demand which is still
active in this country, it has been necessary, inasmuch as the original