Publications of John Douglas

Author

  • Douglas, John. A syllabus of what is to be perform'd in a course of anatomy, Chirurgical operations, and bandages. By John Douglas, Surgeon. London: printed for Tho. Woodward, next Door but one to Temple-Bar in Fleet-Street, 1719. ESTC No. T57393. Grub Street ID 283667.
  • Douglas, John. Lithotomia Douglassiana: or, an account of a new method of making the high operation, in order to extract the stone out of the bladder. Which is much easier to the Patient, much sooner done by the Operator, and the Cure much more certain, than after any of the other Methods now in Use. By which also, several of the most dismal Consequences of the common Operations are entirely prevented, such as incontinency of Urine, Impotency, Fistula's, &c. Invented and successfully perform'd by John Douglas, surgeon. London: printed for Tho. Woodward, next Door but one to Temple-Bar, MDCCXX. [1720]. ESTC No. T41092. Grub Street ID 270062.
  • Douglas, John. Lithotomia Douglassiana: or, a new method of cutting for the stone; first practised by John Douglas Surgeon, F. R. S. And Lythotomist to the Infirmary at Westminster: To which is added, what has been written by the most Judicious Rossetus, and the learned Pietreus, on the same subject. Illustrated with several copper plates. London: printed for C. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; J. Lacy, between the Temple Gates, Fleet-Street, and J. Clarke, at the Bible under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, 1723. ESTC No. T10211. Grub Street ID 155956.
  • Douglas, John. A syllabus of chirurgical operations. ... By John Douglas, ... London: printed for J. Chandler, 1727. ESTC No. T148840. Grub Street ID 194962.
  • Douglas, John. A short account of mortifications, and of the surprizing effect of the bark, in putting a stop to their progress, &c. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S. London: printed for John Nourse, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar, 1732. ESTC No. T55699. Grub Street ID 282263.
  • Douglas, John. Animadversions on a late pompous book, Intituled Osteographia: or, The Anatomy of the Bones. By William Cheselden Esq; Surgeon to Her Majesty. F. R. S. Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital; And Member of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris. By John Douglas Surgeon, F. R. S. London: printed for and sold only by the author in Lad-Lane, near Guild-Hall, M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]. ESTC No. T56194. Grub Street ID 282741.
  • Douglas, John. A short account of the state of midwifery in London, Westminster, &c. Wherein An effectual Method is proposed, to enable the Midwomen to perform their office in all cases, (excepting those few where instruments are necessary) with as much Ease, Speed, and Safety, as the most dexterous Midmen: Whereby women and children's falling Victims to the Ignorance of Midwomen, so loudly complained of by Chamberlen, Giffard, and Chapman, may for the future be prevented, &c. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S. London: printed for and sold only by the author in Lad-Lane, near Guild-Hall, M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]. ESTC No. T62746. Grub Street ID 288166.
  • Douglas, John. A dissertation on the venereal disease. Wherein a method of curing all the stages of that distemper will be communicated, and confirmed by several Instances of Success from the least to the greatest Degree of Infection: without the help of any Mercurial Drenches, Vomits, or Fumigations; without Injections or Astringents of any Sort; without Escharoticks, Causticks, hot Irons, &c. so solemnly recommended by many Authors; and above all, that Opprobrium Chirurgorum, a Salivation will in all Cases be avoided. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F.R.S. London: printed for and sold by the author, in Lad-Lane near Guild-Hall, MDCCXXXVII. [1737]. ESTC No. T34680. Grub Street ID 264946.
  • Douglas, John. A dissertation on the venereal disease. Wherein the opinions of the antient writers, about the use of mercurial frictions, are examined; ... Part II. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F.R.S. London: printed for, and sold by the author, 1737. ESTC No. T34681. Grub Street ID 264947.
  • Douglas, John. A dissertation on the venereal disease. Wherein the safety, and surprising good effects of our method (when managed with judgment) not only in all the stages of this distemper, but also in the Gout, Leprosy, Scald Heads, Stiff Joints, &c. &c. will be farther confirm'd by many rare and remarkable cases; the constant Danger, and frequent bad Consequences of strong mercurial Purges, racking Vomits, &c. will be yet more fully explain'd; and the too frequent practice of hurrying People into a Salivation for trifles exposed, &c. in answer to The bitter Invectives, false Insinuations, and gross Misrepresentations of our Salutary Process, &c. contain'd in a late virulent Pamphlet sign'd by Dr. T-r, for Self and Company. Part III. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F.R.S. London: printed for the author, behind the Treasury in Downing-Street; and sold by Mrs. Mitchel, Stationer, in King's-Street, West-Minster; and Mr. Corbett Bookseller, in Fleet-Street. Where the First or Second Part may be had, [1739]. ESTC No. T34682. Grub Street ID 264948.
  • Douglas, John. A short dissertation on the gout. Wherein the universal fear of doing anything to ease or cure it, (instilled in people's heads by both antient and modern writers) will be proved to be a mere bug-bear, a groundless supposition, a vulgar error, &c. and a safe method of relieving the most violent pains, shortening the fit, and lengthening the intervals, will be proposed, and confirmed by several cases. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S. London: printed for the author, in Downing-Street, Westminster; and sold by Mr. Wood, in Cornhill, and Mr. Corbett, in Fleet-Street, M.DCC.XLI. [1741]. ESTC No. T48151. Grub Street ID 276095.
  • Douglas, John. The cornutor of seventy-five. Being a genuine narrative of the life, adventures, and amours, of Don Ricardo Honeywater, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Madrid, ... Written originally in Spanish, by the author of Don Quixot; and translated into English, by a graduate of the College of Mecca in Arabia. London: printed by J. Cobham, [1748?]. ESTC No. T34187. Grub Street ID 264528.
  • Douglas, John. The cornutor of seventy-five. Being a genuine narrative of the life, adventures, and amours, of Don Ricardo Honeywater, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Madrid, Salamanca, and Toledo; and President of the Academy of Sciences in Lapland. Containing, Amongst many other diverting Particulars, his Intrigue with Dona Maria W-s, of Via Vinculosa, anglice, Fetter-Lane, in the City of Madrid. Written originally, in Spanish, by the author of Don Quixot, and translated into English by a graduate of the College of Mecca in Arabia. London: printed for J. Cobham, near St. Paul's, [1748]. ESTC No. T61804. Grub Street ID 287417.