Table of contents
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements ix
Introduction
Part I xi
Part II. World Medicine in the Time of Mather xvii
Part III. Medicine in Massachusetts in the Time of
Cotton Mather xxxi
Part IV xxxvi
Proposals for Printing a Book Entituled; The Angel
of Bethesda 1
CAPSULA
I. Some Remarks on the Grand Cause of Sickness 5
II. Points of Health, to be Always Attended 11
III. Therapeutica Sacra, or the Symptoms of an Healed
Soul, With the Methods of Coming at it 20
IV. The Tree of Life With a Mantissa of a Panacaea 23
V. Nishmath-Chajim. The Probable Seat of all Diseases,
and a General Cure for Them, Further Discovered 28
VI. The Gymnastick, or an Exercitation Upon Exercise 38
VII. Conjecturalies, or Some Touches Upon a New Theory
of Many Diseases 43
VIII. Raphael, or Notable Cures From the Invisible World 48
IX. Stimulator, or Considerations Upon Pains, Dolours,
Aches in General 54
X. Cephalica, or Cure for the Head-ache and the Ague of
the Head 57
XI. Dentifrangibulus, or the Anguish, and Releef, of the
Tooth-ache 61
XII. The Prisoners of the Earth Under the Gout 66
XIII. The Gout's Younger Brother, or the Rheumatism and
Sciataca, Quieted 79
XIV. Flagellum. The Stone 82
XX. Variolae trimphatae. The Small-Pox Encountred 93
XXI. Kibroth Hattaavah, or Some Clean Thoughts on the
Foul Disease 116
XXII. Malum ab Aquilone, or the Scurvy, discoursed on 120
XXIII. Moses, or One Drawn Out of the Dropsy 125
XXIV. Bethlem Visited, or the Cure of Madness 129
XXV. De Tristibus, or the Cure of Melancholy 132
XXVI. Paralyticus resuscitatus, or the Palsey-struck Taking
Up His Bed and Walking 137
XXVII. Attonitus, or the Apoplexy Considered 139
XXVIII. Caducus, or the Falling-Sickness Considered 141
XXIX. Vertiginosus, or How to Steer Under Dizziness 148
XXX. Dormitantius, or the Lethargy; and Other Sleepy Dis-
eases 150
XXXI. Ephialtes, or the Night-Mare Beaten Off 153
XXXII. The Oculist. Considering Diseases of the Eye, Espe-
cially Blindness 155
XXXIII. Colaphizatus, or Diseases of the Ear: Especially Deaf-
ness 160
XXXIV. Stiptica. For Bleeding (at the Nose) 165
XXXV. Suffocatus, or a Sore Throat and Quinzey 167
XXXVI. Adjutoria Catarrhi. A Catarrh, and What we Call a
Cold: How to Stop It! 170
XXXVII. The Breast-beater, or a Cough Quieted 172
XXXVIII. Breath Struggled For, or the Asthma and Short-Wind-
edness, Releeved 177
XXXIX. Desector. The Consumption; the Grand Mower Felt
by the Grass of the Field 179
XL. A Pause Made Upon the Uncertainties of the Physi-
cians 186
XLI. Icterus Looked Upon, or the Jaundice Cured 191
XLII. The Main Wheel Scoured and Oiled, or Help for the
Stomach Depraved (and Vomiting) 195
XLIII. Edulcorator. Helps for the Heart-burn 201
XLIV. The Vermine-Killer. Upon Worms 203
XLV. Intestinal Feuds Composed, or the Disorders of a
Flux, rectified 208
XLVI. Jehoram Visited, or the Bloody-Flux remedied 211
XLVII. Miserere Mei!, or Compassions for the Cholic, and
the Dry-Belly-Ache 214
XLVIII. Ashdodes, or the Piles 220
XLIX. Scabiosus, or the Itch, safely and Quickly Chas'd Away 222
L. Singultus finitus, or a Stop to the Hiccough 225
LI. Ephphatha, or Some Advice to Stammerers 226
LII. Muliebria, or Foeminine Diseases 233
LIII. Retired Elizabeth. A Long, tho' Very Hard Chapter
for a Woman Whose Travail Approaches With Reme-
dies to Abate the Sorrows of Child-bearing 235
LIV. Great Things Done by Small Means, With Some Re-
marks on a Spring of Medicinal Waters, Which Every
Body is at Home, an Owner of 248
LV. Mirabilia et Parapilia, or More, Great Friends to
Health, Very Easy to Come at 253
LVI. The Eyes of Poor Hagar Opened, or a Discovery of
Unknown Stores For Cures, Which Every Body is
Master of 256
LVII. A Physick-Garden 262
LVIII. Thaumatographia Insectorum, or Some Despicable In-
sects of Admirable Vertues 269
LIX. Infantilin, or Infantile-Diseases 271
LX. Paralipomena, or Cures and Helps for a Cluster
[of] Lesser Inconveniences 279
LXI. Medicamenta sine quibus, or Certain Remedies, That
People of Any Condition May Always Have Ready at
Hand, for Themselves and Their Neighbors. A Fam-
ily-Plaister 287
LXII. Fuga Daemonum, or Cures by Charms Considered,
and a Seventh-Son Examined 293
LXIII. Misocapnus j Taking the Use of Tobacco Under Con-
sideration 301
LXIV. Restitutus, or a Perfect Recovery, in the wise and good
Conduct of One Recovered From a Malady 311
LXV. Liberatus, or The Thanksgiving of One Advanced in
Years, and Praeserved From Grievous and Painful
Diseases 315
LXVI. Euthenasia, or a Death Happy and Easy 317
Notes 323
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