Index: Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 12 Health and illnesses 50 Remedies 9 inoculation AFC12 97–98 140 351 352 490 493 508 522 523 6 travel AFC12 15 104 160 202 208 288 4 bleeding AFC12 212 334 397 454 4 calomel AFC12 61 62 377 539 4 “watchers” for sick people AFC12 250 251 333 415 3 emetics AFC12 235 250 377 2 alcohol AFC12 488 522 2 cabbage leaves AFC12 376 377 2 powders AFC12 377 397 2 purgatives AFC12 62 63 2 rhubarb AFC12 61 62 2 vinegar AFC12 261 263 1 amputation AFC12 219 1 blisters AFC12 359 1 cold baths AFC12 182–83 1 infusions or decoctions AFC12 253–54 1 medicine AFC12 212 1 quarantine AFC12 383 1 quince seed AFC12 253–54 1 salts AFC12 366 27 yellow fever AFC12 241 245 247–48 261 266 268 269 271 276 278 280 283 285–86 288 294 297 299 307 322 324 328–29 335 351 383 432–33 453 454 25 weather and climate affect AFC12 42 99 131 163 182–83 199 202 203 208 209 211 223 228 261 297 307 313 322 328 329 349 366 389 473 533 24 colds and coughs AFC12 23 24 42 51 61 71 133 137 305 313 314 325 327 332 359 365 405 406 407 425 436 444 465 525 16 fevers AFC12 131 253 274 299 365 377 397 405 415 425 444 468 488 511 512 540 9 childbirth AFC12 176 178 183 187 298 332 360 377 474 10 rheumatism AFC12 xxvii 15 245 334 366 377 378 397 406 518 9 smallpox AFC12 97–98 140 351 352 490 493 508 522 523 9 travel affects AFC12 130 182 212 243 295 308 334 384 396 8 stomach disorders AFC12 61 62 99 131 143 209 299 328 7 consumption AFC12 39 250 253 254 286 359 538 6 eye problems AFC12 59 133 247 325 332 371 6 headaches AFC12 185 246 329 359 366 531 5 nursing and weaning AFC12 299 316 335 377 508 6 pregnancy and miscarriage AFC12 xxvii 159 342 384–85 396 522 6 sore throat AFC12 xxvii 275 306 314 407 511 4 cholera morbus AFC12 197 198 199 212 4 cynanche trachealis (quincy) AFC12 305 306 314 406 4 fainting AFC12 197 199 487 507 4 influenza AFC12 331 407 424 425 4 loss of appetite AFC12 117 274 299 538 4 teething AFC12 274 299 350 359 4 weight loss AFC12 245 274 444 538 3 alcoholism AFC12 1 153 425 3 edema (dropsy) AFC12 79 512 514 3 pneumonia (lung fever) AFC12 359 365 475 3 weight and diet affect AFC12 143 246 487 2 ague AFC12 235 261 2 gallstones (biliary colic) AFC12 488 512 2 insomnia AFC12 10 33 2 lightning strikes AFC12 261 263 2 melancholy and grief AFC12 237 299 2 nervous disorders AFC12 96 146 2 respiratory ailments AFC12 79 359 2 seasickness AFC12 146 243 2 strokes AFC12 487 492 1 abscesses AFC12 70 1 backaches AFC12 263 1 boils AFC12 316 1 burns AFC12 39 1 canker AFC12 181 1 chest pain AFC12 538 1 constipation AFC12 512 1 diarrhea AFC12 198 1 dysentery AFC12 512 1 food poisoning AFC12 198 1 gout AFC12 377 1 hand injuries AFC12 247 1 hereditary AFC12 518 1 jaundice AFC12 228 1 measles AFC12 374 1 mental disorders AFC12 103 1 necrosis AFC12 219 1 numbness AFC12 212 1 overwork and AFC12 59 1 ruptured blood vessel AFC12 534 1 scarlet fever AFC12 185 1 seizures AFC12 181 1 shingles AFC12 263 1 sweating AFC12 538 1 heart ailments AFC12 xii