Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2024-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 304 Buchan, William 1729 1805 Domestic medicine : $b or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners $aLondon :$bprinted for A. Strahan, T. Cadell, $c1791. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Domestic Medicine: or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases" by William Buchan is a medical treatise written in the late 18th century. This publication serves as a guide to the general public, outlining methods for preventing and treating illnesses through lifestyle choices, diet, and simple medicines, as well as addressing nursing and managing children's health. The work emphasizes the importance of understanding health principles to navigate medical care effectively and minimize reliance on physicians in less accessible situations. The opening of the book establishes the author’s commitment to improving medical knowledge among the public while highlighting the need for basic health education, particularly concerning the care of children and the influence of parents on their offspring’s health. Buchan begins by discussing the impact of proper nursing and regimen on child mortality, reporting alarming statistics about infant deaths attributed to inadequate care and poor lifestyle choices. Additionally, he criticizes the common medical practices of his time, calling for a more intuitive and less secretive approach to healthcare that empowers individuals to take charge of their own well-being and that of their families. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/b21721968_0001 20230129133348buchan 1791 GB Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800 RC Text Category: How To ... Category: Health & Medicine Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 1764009 2025-06-29T10:17:53.874723 text/html 1701800 2024-09-03T12:18:39 text/html 830360 2025-06-29T10:18:17.380661 application/epub+zip 849268 2025-06-29T10:17:58.858716 application/epub+zip 719241 2025-06-29T10:17:56.305788 application/epub+zip 1522181 2025-06-29T10:18:30.409525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1397986 2025-06-29T10:18:14.369581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1486641 2025-06-29T10:17:49.270750 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1466589 2024-09-03T12:18:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15956 2025-06-29T10:18:30.578482 application/rdf+xml 15143 2025-06-29T10:17:56.714696 image/jpeg 2410 2025-06-29T10:17:56.512683 image/jpeg 1055179 2025-06-29T10:17:53.990699 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia