A treatise of diseases in general [electronic resource] : Wherein the true causes, Natures, and Essences of all the principal diseases incident to the Human Body, are mechanically accounted for and explain'd, and their respective Intentions of Cure assign'd upon the same Principles. To which is subjoined, A System of Practice, applied to each Disease, and constituted upon the same most legitimate and solid Principles of Mechanical Reasoning. The prescriptions in English. The Prescriptions in English. All render'd familiar to every Capacity; and digested (for Method's sake) into Seven Books. With an appendix, containing a philosophical essay on the Nature, Properties, Action, Use and Abuse of quick-silver. Comprehending likewise A cursory View of the wonderful Virtues and Properties of Antimony and Steel. In two volumes. By Charles Perry, M.D.