| Description | Manuscript medical notes of John Gregory, 1743, containing:
A Proposal for a Medical Society (page 1)
Scheme for a Medical Society (page 2)
Plan for a Medical Society (page 3)
Desiderata Medicinae (page 6)
The Four Capitall Enquiries -
1 The Preservation of Health
2 The Retardation of Old Age
3 The Cure of Diseases
4 The Improvement of our Nature
Diseases: symptoms, remedies and comparison of the views of different writers on them:
Diarrea and Dysentery (Page 11, 562, 573, 582, 589, 647)
Sympathy (Page 17)
Apoplexy (page 21)
Inflammation and Ulcer of the Kidneys (page 29)
Inflammation of the Stomach (page 33)
Groundsel (page 37)
Medicinal Waters (page 39 and 48)
Inflammation of the Intestines (page 43 and page 76)
Conessi Bark (page 47)
Mortification (page 49)
Inflammation of the Womb (page 51)
Opthalmia (page 55 and 75)
Intermitting and Remitting Fevers (page 63, 509, 593, 627)
Mesenteric Fevers (page 77, page 81 and page 108)
Fractures (page 79)
Enquiry into the Vitall Principall [into] Death and the signs of it (page
89)
Enquiry into Hereditary Constitutions of Body and Mind (page 91)
Opium (page 93, 555)
Enquiry into the force of the Mother's Imagination on the Child in Utero (page 95)
Enquiry into the Natural Progress of the Human body from infancy to Extreme Old Age & the Correspondent state of the mind (page 99)
Enquiry into the Correspondency between certain [constitutions] of Body and Mind (page 101)
Enquiry into the effect of Climate, Situation, Diet and Manner of life in forming the Constitution of body and mind (page 103)
History of Influence of the Celestial Bodys informing the Constitution of Body and Mind (page 105)
Enquiry into the effects of particular Circumstances in Conception, Gestation and birth in forming the constitution of body and mind (page 106)
Habits (page 107)
Progress of the Human Constitution (page 109 and 140, 142, 175, 192, 203, 215)
Pleurisy (page 111, page 126 and page 129)
Plummers Alternative Medicine (page125)
Antimony (page 127)
Enquiry into the effects of medicines on the mind and body conjunctly (page 131)
Enquiry into the effects of Musick on the Mind and Body (page 133)
Toothach (page 135)
Caesarian Operations (page 141)
Enquiry into the effects of the Pleasures of Sense & Imagination on the Constitution of Mind and Body (page 143)
Enquiry into force of imagination on the human body (page 144)
Enquiry into the force of imagination upon other body's [sic] besides that of the imaginant (page 147)
Enquiry into such diseases of the mind as in a peculiar manner affect the body (page 148)
Enquiry into the diseases of the body as peculiarly affect the mind (page 150)
Worms (page 151)
Gullet (page 155)
Minerall Waters (page 156)
Historicall Account of the various changes of the human mind and body in different periods of time (page 157)
Enquiry into the constitutions of mind & the diseases peculiar to the sexes (page 159)
Moffat Waters (page 161)
Colic (page 163, 176, 249, 479)
The Stone (page 177, page 243, 517)
Phrenitis (page 183 and 185)
Phrenzy (page 184)
Inflammation and Ulcer of the Bladder (page 189)
Lachrymall Canals (page 191)
Erysypelatous Feavers (page 193, 461)
Rheumatism (page 199, 293)
Nervous and Slow Fevers (page 205, 277)
Ardent Feaver (page 209)
Scarlet Fever (page 217)
Angina (page 221, 247)
Epilepsy (page 231) page says see Convulsion 467
Cholera & Bilious Disease (page 237)
Abstinence (page 241)
Aptha (page 244, 321)
Anasarca (page 251, 367)
Dropsy of the Breast (Hydrops Pectoris) (page 255)
Hydrops Ovarii (page 260)
Dropsy (page 261)
Hydrops Ascites (page 262, 370, 383)
Gangrene (page 269)
Measles (page 273, 347)
Hydrops Uteri (page 280)
Tympany (page 283)
Hydrocele (page 289)
Porrigo Capites & Scaled Head (page 301)
Ulcer (page 305)
Aneyrism (page 309)
Tumour (page 311)
Paraphrenitis (page 313)
Hernia (page 317)
Blooding (page 319)
Astma (page 331)
Haemoragy (page 341, 457, 557)
Epidemicall Diseases (page 351)
Smallpox (page 353, 369, 651)
Consumption (page 379)
Emphysema (page 387)
Cough (page 391)
Caustics (page 403)
Pulvis Helvetii (page 407)
Arsenic (page 409)
Madness and Melancholy (page 413)
Bones (page 421)
Penis (page 427)
Hydrophobia & Rabies Canina (page 429)
Peripneumonia Vera (page 433, 453, 477, 551)
Continued Feaver (page 443, 475, 675)
Tobacco (page 451)
Mercury (page 455)
White Swellings (page 459)
Convulsions (page 467)
Icterus (page 485)
Pimples and Foulness of the Face (page 497)
Hepatitis (page 501)
Stannum (page 507)
Guajacum (page 511)
Inflammatory Diseases (page 513)
Cancer (page 529)
Lues Venerea (page 533)
Kink Cough (page 541)
Amputations (page 545)
Yaws (page 547)
Poppies (page 553)
Death (page 571)
Turpentine (page 581)
Impotency (page 585)
Tendons (page 591)
Strangury (page 605, 619)
Bloody Urine (page 607, 623)
Hydrocephalus (page 609)
Iris Palustris (page 615)
Peruvian Bark (page 617)
History of Enthusiasm, its Cause and Effects (page 639)
Enquiry into the Nature and History of Dreams (page 643)
Colon and Cholic (page 661)
Lymphatics (page 667)
Immoderate Flux of Menses & Blood from the Uterus (page 669)
Emetics (page 695)
Ippocacuana (page 697)
Purgatives (page 699)
Aloes (page 700)
Senna (page 702, 719)
History of the Effects of Sympathy and Antipathy or any other principles in nature not generally attended to, on the Mind and Body (page 703)
History of the best methods of preserving [and] improving the senses, memory, judgement, imagination and faculty of mind (page 706)
History of the method of protracting life and preserving the faculty's [sic] entire (page 709)
Enquiry into the methods of making Death easy (page 713)
Enquiry into the powers of the mind not commonly exerted such as divination, fascination etc if there be such principles (page 714).
The volume is indexed at back and also contains a list of music, list of miscellanea medica and lists of books (Medici Practici, Anatomici, Mathematici & Philosophy). The volume is written in John Gregory's hand and the front cover is signed John Gregory, 1748 - though the spine carries the date 1743. |