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Large 8vo, Cloth, with 150 Illustrations, 8s. 6d.

A DICTIONARY OF

DOMESTIC

MEDICINE

AND HOUSEHOLD SURGERY.

BY

SPENCER THOMSON, M.D., EDIN., L.R.C.S.

Thoroughly revised and brought down to the present state of Medical Science. With Appendix on the MANAGEMENT of the SICK-ŘOOM, and many Hints for the DIET and COMFÖRT of INVALIDS.

FROM THE AUTHOR'S PREFATORY ADDRESS.

"WITHOUT entering upon that difficult ground which correct professional knowledge, and educated judgment, can alone permit to be safely trodden, there is a wide and extensive field for exertion, and for usefulness, open to the unprofessional, in the kindly offices of a true DOMESTIC MEDICINE, the timely help and solace of a simple HOUSEHOLD SURGERY, or better still, in the watchful care more generally known as "SANITARY PRECAUTION," which tends rather to preserve health than to cure disease. "The touch of a gentle hand" will not be less gentle because guided by knowledge, nor will the safe domestic remedies be less anxiously or carefully administered. Life may be saved, suffering may always be alleviated. Even to the resident in the midst of civilization, the "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER" to do good; to the settler and the emigrant it is INVALUABLE. I know well what is said by a few, about injuring the medical profession, by making the public their own doctors. Nothing will be so likely to make "long cases as for the public to attempt any such folly; but people of moderate means—who, so far as medical attendance is concerned, are worse off than the pauper-will not call in and fee their medical adviser for every slight matter, and, in the absence of a little knowledge, will have recourse to the prescribing druggist, or to the patent quackery which flourishes upon ignorance, and upon the mystery with which some would invest their calling. And not patent quackery alone, but professional quackery also, is less likely to find footing under the roof of the intelligent man, who, to common sense and judgment, adds a little knowledge of the whys and wherefores of the treatment of himself and family. Against that knowledge which might aid a sufferer from accident, or in the emergency of sudden illness, no humane man could offer or receive an objection."

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Notices of the Press.

"The BEST and SAFEST book on Domestic Medicine and Household Surgery which has yet appeared."-London Journal of Medicine.

"Dr. Thomson has fully succeeded in conveying to the public a vast amount of useful professional knowledge."-Dublin Journal of Medical Science.

"The best production of the kind we possess."-Christian Witness.

"The amount of useful knowledge conveyed in this work is surprising.”—Medical Times and Gazette.

"WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD TO FAMILIES, AND THE CLERGY."-Oxford Herald.

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ALTAR OF THE HOUSEHOLD (The);

a

Series of Prayers and Selections from the Scriptures, for Domestic Worship, for every Morning and Evening in the Year. By the Rev. Dr. HARRIS, assisted by eminent Contributors, with an Introduction by the Rev. W. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, D.D. New Edition, entirely Revised. Royal 4to, with Steel Frontispiece. Cloth, gilt edges, 22/-. May also be had bound in the following styles: half-bound calf, marbled edges; and levant morocco, antique, gilt edges.

Also, Illustrated with a Series of First-class Engravings on Steel, descriptive of the most important Events in the Old and New Testaments, at 6/- extra.

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MORAL). With an Introductory Essay by the Rev. GEORGE CHeever,
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These Anecdotes relate to no trifling subjects: and they have been selected, not for amusement, but for instruction. By those engaged in the tuition of the young, they will be found highly useful.

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"This small but very comprehensive Manual is much more than a mere summary of Bible History."— Church Sunday School Magazine.

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STANDARD BIBLICAL WORKS,

BY

THE REV. JOHN EADIE, D.D., LL.D.,

Late Professor of Biblical Literature and Exegesis to the United Presbyterian Church, and Member of the New Testament Revision Company.

This SERIES has been prepared on an accurate and scientific basis, to afford sound and necessary aid to the Reader of Holy Scripture. The FOUR VOLUMES comprised in it, form in themselves a COMPLETE LIBRARY of REFERENCE, BIBLICAL and ECCLESIASTICAL. Number of copies already issued, OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION.

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With Maps pre-

pared expressly by Messrs. W. & A. K. JOHNSTON, many Engravings,
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We have only to add our unqualified commendation of a work of real excellence to every Biblical student."-Christian Times.

IV. EADIE (Rev. Prof.): ECCLESIASTICAL

CYCLOPEDIA (The); A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, Sects, Denominations, and Heresies; History of Dogmas, Rites, Sacraments, Ceremonies, &c., Liturgies, Creeds, Confessions, Monastic and Religious Orders, Modern Judaism, &c. By the Rev. Prof. EADIE, assisted by the Rev. Dr. HARTWELL HORNE, Ven. Archdeacon HALE, Professor MACCAUL, and other contributors. Large Post 8vo. Cloth bevelled, 8/6; morocco antique, 17/-. Sixth Edition.

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