The London practice of physick, or, The whole practical part of Physick contained in the works of Dr. Willis faithfully made English, and printed together for the publick good.

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The London practice of physick, or, The whole practical part of Physick contained in the works of Dr. Willis faithfully made English, and printed together for the publick good.

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Willis, Thomas, 1621-1675.

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London :: Printed for Thomas Basset ... and William Crooke ...,

1685.

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Contents

• title page
• THE PREFACE.
• THE LONDON PRACTICE OF PHYSICK, Contained in the First Part of the Pharmaceutice Rationalis of Dr. WILLIS.
  • CHAP. I. Instructions concerning Vomiting, with Precepts of Vomits.
    • Prescripts of Vomits.
  • CHAP. II. A Cure for over-working of Vomits; and Anti-Emetick Medicines, or such as stop Vomiting, with Instructions.
  • CHAP. III. Instructions concerning Purging, with prescripts of Purges.
  • CHAP. IV. A Cure for Over-purging, or of Medicines that stay too much Purging, or a Looseness: Also the Cure of the London-Flux; with Instructions in each Case.
  • CHAP. V. Instructions concerning Diuretick Medicines, or such as work by Ʋrine, with Diuretick Prescripts.
    • The Kinds and Prescripts of Diuretick Medicines.
    • Prescripts of Diureticks that have an Acid Salt for their Basis.
    • Prescripts of Diureticks, which have a fixt Salt for their Basis.
    • Prescripts of Medicines that have a volatile Salt for their Basis.
    • Prescripts of Diureticks that have Sal Nitre for their Basis.
    • Prescripts of Diureticks that have an Alchalisate Salt for their Basis.
  • CHAP. VI. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing too much Pur∣ging by Ʋrine, and particularly the Diabetes or Pissing Evil.
    • The Kinds and Prescripts of Medicines that stop Ʋ∣rine flowing in excess.
  • CHAP. VII. Instructions concerning Sweating and Diaphoreticks, or Medicines causing Sweat, with Prescripts of them.
    • The Kinds and Prescripts of Diaphoretick Medi∣cines.
  • CHAP. VIII. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing an Excessive, or Depraved Sweating.
  • CHAP. IX. Instructions concerning Cordial Medicines, and A∣lexipharmicks, or Preservatives against Venome, with Prescripts of them.
    • The Kinds and Prescripts of Cordials.
    • 1. Antidotes for Preservation.
    • Antidotes for Curing.
  • CHAP. X. Of the Passions of the Heart, and their Remedies.
    • Of the trembling of the Heart, and its Cure.
    • Of the intermitting Pulse, and its Cure.
  • CHAP. XI. Instructions concerning Opiats, or Medicines that cause Sleep, with their good and ill Effects; to∣gether with Prescripts of them.
    • The good Effects of Opiats.
    • Of the evil Effects of Opium, with cautions concern∣ing its Ʋse.
    • The Kinds and Prescripts of Opiats.
• THE LONDON PRACTICE, OF PHYSICK, Contained in the Second Part of the Pharmaceutice Rationalis of Dr. WILLIS.
  • SECT. I. Of Medicines that regard the Thorax.
    • CHAP. I. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the Phthi∣sick, and Consumption of the Lungs.
      • 1. Mixtures.
      • 2. Linctus's.
      • 3. Eclegma's.
      • 4. Tinctures.
      • 5. Balsams.
      • 6. Troches.
      • 7. Tablets.
      • 8. Powders.
      • 9. Pills.
      • 10. Decoctions.
      • 11. Distill'd Waters.
      • 1. Magistral Mixtures and Syrups.
    • CHAP. II. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of Spitting Blood.
      • 1. Julapes and distill'd Waters.
      • 2. Decoctions, Tinctures, and Emulsions.
      • 3. Juices of Herbs, and Juicy Expressions.
      • 4. Powders and Pills.
      • 5. Lohoch's and Electuaries.
    • CHAP. III. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing a Peripneu∣monia.
      • Prescripts of Medicines.
      • 1. Powders.
      • 2. Chymical Spirits and Liquors.
      • 3. Draughts.
    • CHAP. IV. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the Pleurisie.
    • CHAP. V. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of an Empyema.
    • CHAP. VI. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing the Impo∣stume of the Lungs.
    • CHAP. VII. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the Asthma.
    • CHAP. VIII. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing the Dropsie of the Breast.
  • SECT. 2. Of Medicines regarding the Region of the Belly.
    • CHAP. I. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the Jaundise.
      • 1. Vomits.
      • Catharticks.
      • In a weaker Constitution.
    • CHAP. II. Instructions and Prescripts for other Distempers of the Liver.
      • Therefore for an Opening Decoction.
    • CHAP. III. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing the Dropsie call'd Ascites.
    • CHAP. IV. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing the Tympany.
      • 1. Cordials.
      • 2. Hypnoticks.
    • CHAP. V. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing the Anasarca.
      • For Ordinary Drink.
  • SECT. 3. Of Outward Medicines.
    • CHAP. I. Of Phlebotomy.
    • CHAP. II. Instructions and Prescripts for stopping an Eruption of Blood.
    • CHAP. III. Of Vesicatories.
    • CHAP. IV. Of Issues.
    • CHAP. V. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing Cutaneous affects.
    • CHAP. VI. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the Psora, or the Scab with the Itch.
    • CHAP. VII. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the running Scab, or the Leaprosie of the Greeks.
• THE LONDON PRACTICE OF PHYSICK, Contained in Dr. WILLIS'S Tract OF CONVULSIVE DISEASES.
  • CHAP. II. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the Falling-sickness.
    • The Therapeutick Method.
    • Vomits.
    • Purges.
    • Specificks.
    • Electuaries.
    • Pills.
    • Elixirs.
    • Empirical Remedies.
    • Plaisters.
  • CHAP. II. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing the other kinds of Convulsions, and in the first place of the Convulsive motions of Children.
    • The Therapeutick Method against Convulsive affects in Children.
  • CHAP. III. Instructions and Prescripts for Curing Convulsive Dis∣eases in Adult Persons, hapning by reason of the Origine of the Nerves being chiefly affected.
    • The Therapeutick Method.
  • CHAP. IV. Of Convulsive motions, whose cause lyes about the Extremities, or within the Plexus's of the Nerves.
  • CHAP. V. Of Convulsive motions arising from the Liquour ly∣ing in the Nervous Bodys, and irritating all their Processes into Convulsions.
  • CHAP. VI. Of General Convulsions which are wont to be rais'd in Malignant, Ill-determin'd, and some Anoma∣lous Fevers.
    • An Account of an Epidemick Fever, reigning An. 1661. which chiefly infested the Brain and the Genus Nervosum.
    • The Therapeutick Method.
  • CHAP. VII. Of General Convulsions which are wont to arise by reason of a Scorbutick disposition of the Ner∣vous Juice.
  • CHAP. VIII. Of the Affects which are vulgarly call'd Hysterical.
  • CHAP. IX. Of Affects vulgarly call'd Hypochondriacal, which are shewn to be for the greatest part Convulsive, and by the by of Chalybeate Medicines.
    • Of Chalybeate Medicines.
  • CHAP. X. Of the Convulsive Cough and Asthma.
• The Practice of PHYSICK, Contained in Dr. WILLIS's TRACT OF THE SCURVY.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II. Of the Cure of the Scurvy.
    • Catharticks.
    • Electuaries.
    • Confections.
    • Powders.
    • Pills.
    • Tablets.
    • Tablets of Oranges which are to be sold by the Oxford Apothecaries.
    • Decoctions.
    • 2. Infusions.
    • 3. Juices and Expressions.
    • 4. Syrups.
    • 5. Distil'd Waters.
    • 6. Antiscorbutick Wines and Beers.
  • CHAP. III. Of Medicines of each kind of the foregoing forms, which have regard to the Scurvy raised in a hot Constitution, and in a Sulphureo-Saline Dyscrasy of the Blood.
    • Electuaries.
    • Confections.
    • Powders.
    • Pills.
    • Tablets.
    • Decoctions.
    • Infusions.
    • Juices and Expressions.
    • Syrups.
    • Distil'd Waters.
    • Physick-wines and Beers.
  • CHAP. IV. Of the Curatory Indication of the Scurvy, where∣by we obviate the Disease it self, and the Symp∣toms that are most pressing.
    • Of Curing a difficult Breathing, and Asthmatick Fits.
    • Of Affects of the Stomach which are wont to happen in the Scurvy.
    • Of the Belly Ach, and the Scorbutick Collick.
    • Of the Diarrhaea or Loosness, and Dysenterical Affects.
    • Of Giddines, and Swooning, and other Affects usually joyned with it in the Scorbutick Affect.
    • Of Haemorrhagies.
    • Of the Distempers of the Mouth, happening by rea∣son of the Scurvy.
    • Of Pains that are wont to trouble the Legs, and sometimes the other Limbs, and that chiefly by Night.
    • Of the Scorbutick Gout moving from one place to another.
    • Of Convulsive and Paralytick Affects, that are wont to ensue upon the Scurvy.
    • Of the Atrophia, also of the Scorbutick Fever which is often the Cause of the other, or its Effect.
    • Of the Rheumatism.
    • Of the Dropsie.
    • Of the Crackling of the Bones.
  • CHAP. V. Of the Vital Indication, in which are included Cordial Medicines, Opiats, and the Diet requisit in the Scurvy.
  • CHAP. VI. Some Stories and rare Cases of Persons troubled with the Scurvy.
• The London Practice OF PHYSICK, CONTAINED In Dr. Willis's Tract of the Disea∣ses that regard the Corporeal Soul, and its subjects, viz. the Brain and Genus nervosum.
  • CHAP. I. Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the Head-ach.
  • CHAP. II. Instructions and Prescripts for curing the Le∣thargy.
  • CHAP. III. Instructions and Prescripts for curing certain other sleepy affects, viz. the continual Sleepiness, the Coma, and the Carus.
  • CHAP. IV. Instructions and Prescripts for curing the Watch∣ing Evil, and the Watching Coma.
  • CHAP. V. Instructions and Prescripts for curing the Incubus or Night-mare.
  • CHAP. VI. Instructions and Prescripts for curing the Vertigo.
  • CHAP. VII. Instructions and Prescripts for curing the Apo∣plexy.
  • CHAP. VIII. Instructions and Prescripts for curing the Palsey.
  • CHAP. IX. Instructions and Prescripts for the cure of the Deli∣rium and Phrensy.
  • CHAP. X. Instructions and Prescripts for the curing of Me∣lancholy.
    • Vomits.
  • CHAP. XI. Instructions and Prescripts for curing Madness, or the Mania.
  • CHAP. IX. Instructions and Prescripts for the cure of Stupidity or Folly.
  • CHAP. XIII. Instructions and Prescripts for curing the Gout.
  • CHAP. XIV. Instructions and Prescripts for curing the Colick.
• THE PRACTISE OF PHYSICK, CONTAINED In Dr. Willis's Tract of Fevers.
  • CHAP. I. The Anatomy of the Blood; its Resolution into five Principles: its Comparison with VVine and Milk.
  • CHAP. II. Of the Motion and Effervescencies of the Blood.
  • CHAP. III. Of Intermitting Fevers.
  • CHAP. IV. Of the kinds of intermittent Fevers, and first, of a Tertian.
  • CHAP. V. Of the Intermittent Quotidian Fever or Ague.
  • CHAP. VI. Of the Quartan Fever or Ague.
  • CHAP. VII. Of continual Fevers.
  • CHAP. VIII. Of the Ephemera Fever.
  • CHAP. IX. Of the Putrid Fever.
  • CHAP. IX. Of the most observable Symptoms and Signs in a Putrid Fever.
  • CHAP. X. Of the Signs and Cure of the putrid Synochus, or continual Fever.
  • CHAP. XI. Of the Malignant or Pestilential Fever in general.
  • CHAP. XII. Of the Plague.
  • CHAP. XIII. Of pestilential and malignant Fevers in Specie, and other Epidemick Fevers.
  • CHAP. XIV. Of the Small-Pox and Measles.
  • CHAP. XV. Of Fevers of Women in Child-bed.
    • The Lacteal Faver.
    • The Putrid Fevers of Women in Child-bed.
    • The Symptomatick Fevers of Women in Child-bed.
  • CHAP. XVI. Of Epidemick Fevers.
    • A Description of an Epidemick Fever Reign∣ing in Autumn, Anno 1657. made in the middle of September.
    • A Description, made the last Day of May, of a Catarrhous Epidemick Fever happening in the middle of the Spring, An. 1658.
    • A Description, made the first day of September, of an Epidemick Fever, arising about the beginning of Autumn, An. 1658.
• THE TABLE.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • F.
  • G.
  • H.
  • I.
  • L.
  • M.
  • N.
  • O.
  • P.
  • Q.
  • R.
  • S.
  • T.
  • V.
  • W.
• ERRATA.
• Books Printed for T. Basset, at the George in Fleet∣street, and W. Crook, at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar.