THEPEOPLE'S
COMMON SENSE
MEDICAL ADVISER
IN PLAIN ENGLISH:
OR,
MEDICINE SIMPLIFIED.
BY
R.V. PIERCE, M.D.
ONE OF THE STAFF OF CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
AT THE INVALIDS' HOTEL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE, AND
PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD'S DISPENSARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
FIFTY-FOURTH EDITION.
One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand.
Carefully Revised by the Author, assisted by his full Staff ofAssociate Specialists in Medicine and Surgery, the Faculty of the Invalids'Hotel and Surgical Institute.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1895,by the WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, In the office of theLibrarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
TO
MY PATIENTS,
WHO HAVE SOLICITED MY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,
FROM THEIR HOMES
IN EVERY STATE, CITY, TOWN, AND ALMOST EVERY HAMLET,
WITHIN THE AMERICAN UNION;
ALSO TO THOSE DWELLING IN EUROPE, MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA,
THE EAST AND WEST INDIES, AND OTHER
FOREIGN LANDS,
I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE
THIS WORK.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE PRESENTEDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
PART I
CHAPTER I. BIOLOGY
CHAPTER II. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE BONES.
CHAPTER III. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THEMUSCLES.
CHAPTER IV. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE DIGESTIVEORGANS.
CHAPTER V. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. ABSORPTION.
CHAPTER VI. PHYSICAL AND VITAL PROPERTIES OF THEBLOOD.
CHAPTER VII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. CIRCULATORYORGANS.
CHAPTER VIII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE ORGANSOF RESPIRATION.
CHAPTER IX. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE SKIN.
CHAPTER X. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. SECRETION.
CHAPTER XI. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. EXCRETION.
CHAPTER XII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE NERVOUSSYSTEM.
CHAPTER XIII. THE SPECIAL SENSES. SIGHT.
CHAPTER XIV. CEREBRAL PHYSIOLOGY.
CHAPTER XV. THE HUMAN TEMPERAMENTS.
CHAPTER XVI. MARRIAGE. LOVE.
CHAPTER XVII. REPRODUCTION.
PART II. HYGIENE.
CHAPTER I. HYGIENE DEFI