'regimental Practice' by John Buchanan, M.D.
An Eighteenth-century Medical Diary and Manual

Based on the author's observations while surgeon to a cavalry regiment serving in Flanders 1742-45, during the War of the Austrian Succession, this title provides an understanding of eighteenth-century interpretation and treatment of diseases.

Across the decades of the eighteenth century there were discoveries and fashions that impacted both the theory and the practice of medicine. Various writers of that age, as well as a number of historians since, have conveyed the sense that practice was chaotic. On the contrary, what this book argues is that methods used to treat diseases were fairly standard. Therefore, by reading Buchanan's manuscript one sees not only how he treated more than three dozen diseases, as well as various wounds and injuries, but also how these conditions were often treated in this period.

Preface
Introduction: John Buchanan and his manuscript
The learning process
Buchanan's practice. Notes on transcription
Text: Regimental Practice or A Short History of Diseases common to His Majesties own Royal Regiment of Horse Guards when abroad (Commonly called the Blews)
Bibliography
Index.