Book contents
- Frontmatter
- A KEY TO PHYSIC, AND THE OCCULT SCIENCES
- 1 God, and nature
- 2 Of nature
- 3 Of the visible and occult properties of nature
- 4 Of the first matter
- 5 Of atoms, and their nature
- 6 The properties, magnitude, figure, weight, and motion, of atoms
- 7 Of sympathy and antipathy in natural bodies
- 8 Of the occult properties of generation in plants and herbs
- 9 Of sympathy, antipathy, sagacity, and occult instinct, in brutes
- 10 Of animal flowers
- 11 Of the polypus
- 12 Of animalcules
- 13 Of instinct
- 14 Of scent
- 15 Of man
- 16 Of nutrition
- 17 Of food, or aliment
- 18 Of air
- 19 Of exercise
- 20 Of sleep
- 21 Of dreams
- 22 Of intemperance
- 23 Of the passions
- 24 Of impotency occasioned by fear
- 25 Of grief
- 26 Of love
- 27 Of melancholy
- 28 Of the prognostics of diseases, with rules for preserving health
- 29 Angina pectoris
- 30 Dangerous affection of the oesophagus
- 31 Observations on the means of preserving health
- 32 Of fixed air as a medicine
- 33 Of medical electricity
- 34 Of animal magnetism
- 35 Arguments to prove, that animal magnetism is the cause of sympathy in man and other animals, and in plants, etc.
- 36 Of antipathy
- 37 Effects of antipathy and sympathy in brute animals
- 38 Of attraction and repulsion, otherwise called sympathy and antipathy in plants
- 39 Considerations on the indispositions and diseases of man
- 40 Of indisposition and disease
- 41 Of human impregnation
- 42 Of feminine, or lunar diseases
- 43 Chlorosis, or green sickness, by some called, the love-fever
- 44 Of the fluor albus, or whites
- 45 Of barrenness, or infertility
- 46 Indispositions attendant on pregnancy
- 47 State of women at the turn of life
- 48 Of masculine, or solar diseases
- 49 Scrophula, scurvy, or king's evil
- 50 Debilitated, tainted, and enfeebled, constitutions
- 51 A relaxed habit
- 52 Hypochondriacal debility, or weak nerves
- 53 Nocturnal emisions, or incontinence of the semen
- 54 Onanism
- 55 An impure or tainted habit
- 56 A tainted habit in a state of pregnancy
- 57 Tabes dorsalis, or consumption of the back
- 58 Rheumatic gout
- 59 Agues, convulsions, cholic, bloody-flux, and violent spasms in the stomach and bowels
- 60 Diseases of the breast and lungs, asthma, dropsy, or consumption
- 61 Mental depression, or lowness of spirits
- 62 Bile on the stomach
- 63 Bite of a mad dog, or any venomous reptile
- 64 For gun-shot wounds, cuts, stabs, etc.
- 65 Of the principles of life and death
- 66 Of the crisis, or critical turn of a disease
- 67 A lunar table
- 68 On the difference betwixt a natural and violent death, exemplified by the fate of the late King and Queen of France
- INDEX TO THE KEY
30 - Dangerous affection of the oesophagus
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- A KEY TO PHYSIC, AND THE OCCULT SCIENCES
- 1 God, and nature
- 2 Of nature
- 3 Of the visible and occult properties of nature
- 4 Of the first matter
- 5 Of atoms, and their nature
- 6 The properties, magnitude, figure, weight, and motion, of atoms
- 7 Of sympathy and antipathy in natural bodies
- 8 Of the occult properties of generation in plants and herbs
- 9 Of sympathy, antipathy, sagacity, and occult instinct, in brutes
- 10 Of animal flowers
- 11 Of the polypus
- 12 Of animalcules
- 13 Of instinct
- 14 Of scent
- 15 Of man
- 16 Of nutrition
- 17 Of food, or aliment
- 18 Of air
- 19 Of exercise
- 20 Of sleep
- 21 Of dreams
- 22 Of intemperance
- 23 Of the passions
- 24 Of impotency occasioned by fear
- 25 Of grief
- 26 Of love
- 27 Of melancholy
- 28 Of the prognostics of diseases, with rules for preserving health
- 29 Angina pectoris
- 30 Dangerous affection of the oesophagus
- 31 Observations on the means of preserving health
- 32 Of fixed air as a medicine
- 33 Of medical electricity
- 34 Of animal magnetism
- 35 Arguments to prove, that animal magnetism is the cause of sympathy in man and other animals, and in plants, etc.
- 36 Of antipathy
- 37 Effects of antipathy and sympathy in brute animals
- 38 Of attraction and repulsion, otherwise called sympathy and antipathy in plants
- 39 Considerations on the indispositions and diseases of man
- 40 Of indisposition and disease
- 41 Of human impregnation
- 42 Of feminine, or lunar diseases
- 43 Chlorosis, or green sickness, by some called, the love-fever
- 44 Of the fluor albus, or whites
- 45 Of barrenness, or infertility
- 46 Indispositions attendant on pregnancy
- 47 State of women at the turn of life
- 48 Of masculine, or solar diseases
- 49 Scrophula, scurvy, or king's evil
- 50 Debilitated, tainted, and enfeebled, constitutions
- 51 A relaxed habit
- 52 Hypochondriacal debility, or weak nerves
- 53 Nocturnal emisions, or incontinence of the semen
- 54 Onanism
- 55 An impure or tainted habit
- 56 A tainted habit in a state of pregnancy
- 57 Tabes dorsalis, or consumption of the back
- 58 Rheumatic gout
- 59 Agues, convulsions, cholic, bloody-flux, and violent spasms in the stomach and bowels
- 60 Diseases of the breast and lungs, asthma, dropsy, or consumption
- 61 Mental depression, or lowness of spirits
- 62 Bile on the stomach
- 63 Bite of a mad dog, or any venomous reptile
- 64 For gun-shot wounds, cuts, stabs, etc.
- 65 Of the principles of life and death
- 66 Of the crisis, or critical turn of a disease
- 67 A lunar table
- 68 On the difference betwixt a natural and violent death, exemplified by the fate of the late King and Queen of France
- INDEX TO THE KEY
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- A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences , pp. 232 - 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1795