The first edition of William A. Guy's Principles of Forensic Medicine was published at the start of Victoria's reign; the final edition, from which these selections derive, was published towards the end, just a few years after the Whitechapel horrors had pushed the emerging science to the forefront of the public's consciousness. With this guide in hand, a detective could tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, s...

Most eyesight problems are, despite widespread beliefs otherwise, entirely functional disorders. People with clear vision do certain things that people with blurry vision don't, and people with blurry vision do certain things that those with clear vision don't. Learning to see the way that people with clear vision do is the basis for seeing clearly.For whatever reason, you have gotten stuck in an abnormal way of using your eyes, causing your visual system to go haywire. Further comp...

Thousands of lives are lost annually from diseases which could have been prevented. Hundreds of thousands, because of some preventable ailment, which partially or totally incapacitates them, are today living only a small part of their lives. Millions of dollars yearly are squandered on medicines, doctors and undertakers—much of which might have been saved by a right knowledge of the laws of health and hygiene. Even among the comfortably situated, or even well-to-do, robust, vigorous health...

A fascinating study of the actions and antidotes of snake poison, including many case studies. Written by late-19th century physician Dr A. Mueller, who was the first to introduce strychnine injections to treat snake bites.

Here is a vital tool of reference that should always be at hand as it gives vital information for dealing with Epidemic diseases: information which can be followed by both the novice as well as the experienced practitioner.Homoeopathy can quickly overcome measles, scarlet fever, influenza, whooping cough, chicken pox, mumps, diphtheria and other ailments. Furthermore homoeopathic remedies have no side effects.Infectious diseases can also be aborted with homoeopathy when the...

“Massage” from the Greek masso (I knead or handle), is a term now generally accepted to signify a group of procedures which are usually done with the hands, such as friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussing of the external tissues of the body, either with some curative, palliative, or hygienic object in view. Its application should in many instances be combined with passive, resistive, or assistive movements, and these are often spoken of as the so-called Swedish m...

The book explores the concept of the human aura, a supposed field of energy that surrounds living beings and is believed to be visible to some individuals with special abilities.Kilner was a British physician who became interested in the idea of the aura after studying the works of the French occultist, Baron Charles von Reichenbach. Kilner claimed to have developed a method of seeing the aura using specially treated screens and filters that allowed him to observe the energy fields around ...

This remarkable book never got to see the light of day when it was written two centuries ago. Its author, a Georgian doctor produced this examination of 18th century medicine at the same time as publishing an extremely controversial book on infection. Alexander Gordon had proved conclusively that puerperal (child-bed) fever was passed between patients by midwives. The idea met with outrage and hostility and saw him forced to leave his native city of Aberdeen, leaving behind hundreds of car...

Contents: 1. The Oath of Hippocrates 2. Journeys in Diverse Places, by Ambroise Paré 3. On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, by William Harvey 4. The Three Original Publications on Vaccination Against Smallpox, by Edward Jenner 5. The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever, by Oliver Wendell Holmes 6. On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery, by Joseph Lister 7. Scientific papers, by Louis Pasteur 8. Scientific papers, by Charles Lyell Also available: The Complete Harv...

This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and IndexCONTENTSPART I.I. THE OLD POISON-LORE.II. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN METHODS OF CHEMICALLY DETECTING POISONS.PART II.I. DEFINITION OF POISON.II. CLASSIFICATION OF POISONS.III. STATISTICS.IV. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TOXIC ACTION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION.V. LIFE TESTS: OR THE IDENTIFICATION OF POISON BY EXPERIMENT...

t is significant that the root “tox” of the modern word toxicology can be traced back to a very ancient word meaning “bow” or “arrow,” or, in its broadest sense, some “tool” used for slaying: hence it is no far-fetched supposition that the first poison-knowledge was that of the septic poisons. Perchance the savage found that weapons soiled with the blood of former victims made wounds fatal; from this observation the next step naturally would be that of experiment—the arrow or spear would b...

Table of ContentsIntroductionCHAPTER I: Medicine-as a Science, as an ArtCHAPTER II: Disease-What Is It?CHAPTER III: The Study of MedicineI. PathologyA. EtiologyEnvironment in Its Relationship to Health and DiseasePhysical AgentsChemical AgentsAnimate AgentsNervous ReactionsNutritionDiathesesHered...