The medical works of Richard Mead / [Richard Mead].

  • Mead, Richard, 1673-1754.
Date:
1762
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Credit: The medical works of Richard Mead / [Richard Mead]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jrate at all if received only in the flo- macb, 217. Dog-rcfe (the fpunge of the) a once ce¬ lebrated antidote againft all animal poi- fons, 88. Dracunculus, the name given by the La¬ tins to a fort of worm, an aquatic in- fe<Sl, frequent in Ethiopia, Africa, and India, which infinuates itfelf into the limbs, and particularly the legs of men, and is to be extracted by rolling it gra¬ dually upon a bit of ftick or lead, as it protrudes, 507. See Worms. JDropfy (the) how formed in all its kinds, 508. may be occafioned by too fre¬ quent bleeding, 499. may fometimes be owing to a praeternatural heat of the abdominal vil'cera, 516. is generally di¬ vided into three fpecies, 508. See Anafarca, Afcites, Tympany. ----of the ovaries in women ex¬ tremely dangerous, 509. how formed, and its effe&s, ibid, is very feldom cured, ibid, remarkable cafe, in which this difeafe gradually formed an afcites, 514. how cured, 515. - -in the breaft, is always at¬ tended with great danger, 510. how formed, and what perfons mofl liable to it, ibid, b5 511. at length flops per- fpiration, by the daily increafe of the water, which hinders the play of the lungs, and the patient dies fuddenly, ibid. ■.in the brain, 510. -in the teflicles, ibid. Drowned perfons have been brought to life, after remaining a long time under water, 93. by what means recovered, ibid. Dutch (the) are lefs affii<5led with the fea- feurvy than our failors, and for what reafon, 443. E. ARS (the), how to be taken care of in the fmail-pox, 376. Eajler, or the next full moon after the vernal equinox, the time when the at- traflion of the air, or diminution of its preflure, is greateft, 184. Eclipfes (the effetl of) in cafes of epide^ mic fevers, 188—190. Effluvia (the) of bodies infedled with con¬ tagious diflempers, are a means of communicating thofe diftempers, 251. and particularly when moll fatally, ibid. contaminate the liquid of the nerves be¬ fore they infect the blood, 252. at¬ tempted to be accounted for, upon the Newtonian principles, 253. fpread far¬ ther in a warm air than in a cold one, 258. Egyptians (the) worfhipped the bird ibis,, and for what reafon, 248. were great encouragers of the fludy of phyfic, 642. Elajiicity (the nature of) particularly with refpedt to the air, 168. none in water* 171. is quite deftroyed by the fumes from fulphur, ibid. 19 neceftary in air, in order to facilitate refpiration, 173. its manner of afling on the lungs, and' how affedted by the noxious qualities of the fea air, 440, Electricity communicates, much more through animal, than through inani¬ mate bodies, 23. Elephantia/is (the), a difeafe of nearly the fame nature as the leprofy, was, per¬ haps, the difeafe of Job, 591. Elixir (the paregoric) is an excellent re¬ medy to eafe the breath in fits of the afthma, 498. .. (MynfichPs) is good to check he¬ morrhages in the feurvy, 555. Emetics, though very beneficial in many cafes, efpecially towards opening tjjic primae viae, are attended w’ith certain death if given when the Ilomach or bowels are inflamed, 293. which the moll proper for mad people, according to their degree of ftrength, 491. Empedocles, the difciple of Pythagoras, a great phyfician, 157. Empyema. See Abfcefs. Epilepfy (the), how cured in a very remark¬ able cafe, 179. was attributed, by the ancients, inlirely to the moon, 180,625.