| Collection | GB 0817 Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | AMCS/3/8/1 |
| Alt Ref No | MS 616 Gre |
| Title | Lecture notes on Pathology and Therapeutics |
| Date | 1769 - 1770 |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Description | Labelled 'Volume 2' on spine. Notes of lectures delivered by Dr. Gregory at Edinburgh College on subject of pathology and therapeutics, taken by George French. Written in a small, neat hand and numbered from pages 1-488, a general list of contents is included at the start of the volume with a more detailed index recorded at the end of the volume. The subjects covered in the volume are as follows:
General division and description of pathology (p.1)
Eviores loci (p.78)
Vitiated motion of the fluids (p.82)
Potentice nocentes (p.86)
Cold air (p.93)
Moist air (p.95)
Dry air (p.97)
Mephitic air (p.97)
Winds (p.101)
Aliment (p.103)
Fasting (p.105)
Diet (p.107)
Poisons (p.118)
Exercise, motion and rest (p.123)
Mental exertion (p.131)
Sleep and watching (p.142)
Morbid excretion and retention (p.143)
'Cloathing' (p.159)
Bathing (p.161)
Predisponent causes (p.163)
Vires Naturae Medicatrices (p.169)
Changed sensible qualities (p.175)
Actiones Laesae (p.180)
Diseases of the sense of touch (p.189)
Diseases of the taste (p.191)
Diseases of the smell (p.192)
Diseases of the hearing (p.194)
Diseases of vision (p.197)
Diseases of the internal senses (p.201)
Spasm (p.202)
Paralytic affection (p.207)
Want of sleep (p.211)
Diseases of respiration (p.211)
Diseases of the heart (p.215)
Diseases of the alimentary functions (p.219)
Diseases of the urinary organs (p.234)
Sweating (p.239)
Diseases of the organs of generation (p.242)
Diseases in general and their distinctions (p.249)
General description of therapeutics (p.261)
Prophylaxis Therapeutica (p.298)
Sudorifics and diaphoretics (p.354)
Errhines (p.371)
Sialagogues (p.377)
Other subjects covered include:
Purgatives (p.403)
Blisters (p.459) |
| Access Status | Restricted |
| Access Conditions | Please note that although the catalogue is available via the Special Collections website, the papers are held by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society at its offices in the Medical School building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen. Please contact the Society directly to arrange access to the records: Tel. 01224 437104; Email: medchilibrarian@abdn.ac.uk. |
| Physical Description | 1 volume (0.06 linear metres) |