Transcriber's Note:
Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. Variations in the useof hyphens and of accents have been retained.
The symbol for "minim" (an obselete measure of capacity) is used once.It may not display properly in all applications.
Part II comprises a synopsis or index of diseases and theirtreatment. Their names have been bolded, on the same lines as the list ofmedecines and medical plants in Part I.
WITH A FULL INDEX OF DISEASES, INDICATING THEIR
TREATMENT BY THESE AND OTHER AGENTS
PROCURABLE THROUGHOUT INDIA
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
DIRECTIONS FOR TREATMENT IN CASES OF
DROWNING, SNAKE-BITES, &c.
BY
EDWARD JOHN WARING, C.I.E., M.D.
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON
SURGEON-MAJOR (RETIRED) HER MAJESTY'S INDIAN ARMY
EDITOR OF THE PHARMACOPŒIA OF INDIA, ETC.
FIFTH EDITION
LONDON
J. & A. CHURCHILL
7 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET
1897
Owing to the favour in which this work is still beingheld by the public in India, as proved by the entiresale of the Fourth Edition, I have taken upon myselfto issue this, the Fifth Edition, with the generousassistance of my late father's friend, J. E. T.Aitchison, M.D., C.I.E., to whom I owe a great debtof gratitude for the time and trouble and valuablespecial knowledge he has so liberally bestowed on thework.
The only important changes that occur in thisEdition are the introduction of a couple of diagramsof a clinical thermometer, with a few notes to guidethe non-professional in its use; some alterations inthe text, where subjects that had been issued in theFourth Edition as notes to the text are now incorporatedin the text itself; and lastly, Dr. Aitchisonhas more fully entered upon his treatment of small-poxwith carbolised oil.
That this little work should have reached a FourthEdition may be taken as pretty clear indication thatit has met a recognised want amongst our Indianfellow-subjects, for whose instruction and guidance itwas originally issued. To render it worthy of continuedfavour, and to make it additionally useful, hasbeen my anxious endeavour.
Of any merit which this edition may be found topossess over the preceding one, a very large portionis due to Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison, C.I.E., Surgeon-Majorin H.M. Indian (Bengal) Medical Service, who,with a liberality that demands my warmest thanks,placed at my disposal an elaborate MS. commentaryon the Third Edition, embodying his own professionalexperience in India (extending over many years), andsupplying the vernacular names of the various drugsin the Punjábí, Kashmírí, and Leh languages. Ofthis document it need hardly be said I have availedmyself largely, my only regret being that I could notinsert it in extenso, but to have done this would greatlyhave exceeded the prescribed limits of the work. Asit is, Dr. Aitchison has laid me under a vast obligation,which I am only too happy to have this opportunityof acknowledging.
Five new articles have been added to the List ofDrugs: two at the suggestion of Dr. Aitchison;namely, (1) Sugar, and (2) Kerosene Oil, which latter,owing t