Southern folk medicine, 1750-1820

Pt. 1: Domestic medicine in the eighteenth century

Ch. 1. Much that may be called domestic: every man his own doctor

Ch. 2. The sources: from the pens of eighteenth-century folk

Ch. 3. The distempers: disease in the eighteenth century

Pt. 2: The remedies

Ch. 4. General therapies

Ch. 5. Patent medicines and famous nostrums

Ch. 6. Acute diseases

Ch. 7. Chronic internal complaints

Ch. 8. Common external complaints

Ch. 9. Disorders of the senses

Ch. 10. Poisoning

Ch. 11. Women's disorders

Ch. 12. Nervous diseases

Ch. 13. Surgery

Ch. 14. Sympathetic medicine: sign, charms, incantations, and spells

Pt. 3: A domestic materia medica

Introduction

Key to sources

Simples and medicinal preparations fit for home practice

Appendixes: A. Weights and measures

B. Classes of medicinal preparations

C. The southern frontier and the eighteenth century

D. A blaze of medical knowledge: The eighteenth century

E. The professional practitioner: physician, surgeon, preacher, or quack.