The Natural Method of Curing the Diseases of the Body, and the Disorders of the Mind Depending on the Body. in Three Parts. Part I. General Reflections on the Oeconomy of Nature in Animal Life. Part II. The Means and Methods for Preserving Life and Facul…

[xx], 316 pp. 8vo. A collection of writings on medical cures for various ailments and commentary on physiology and psychology. Includes chapters on sleep and dreaming, medicines, food and nourishment, the negative effects of alcohol, blood, mercury, milk, hypochondria, hysteria, rheumatism, leprosy, fevers, scrophula, asthma, dropsy, diabetes, gout, sciatica, menstruation, consumption (tuberculosis), jaundice, scurvy, colic, venereal distempers, vegetarianism, healthy diet, infertility, etc.