Tentamen medicum inaugurale de phthisi pulmonali / [William Beattie].

  • Beattie, William, 1793-1875.
Date:
[1818]
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Credit: Tentamen medicum inaugurale de phthisi pulmonali / [William Beattie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sed ultra modum ut experientia Duncani max. nostri bene probet; cui detrimenti non nihil in- duxisse visum est.* Ex CeLSi, Cicer. PLiNiique temporibus, usque ad nostra, creditur navigatio f ad Phthiseos curam plurimum conferre: Ea varie profecto aegro prosit—sudorem nauseamque ciendo—nihil fati¬ gationis inducendo—actionem cordis et vasorum minuendo— * a We are sorry to say tliat, from our own experience, we cannot say much in favour of swinging.Indeed, we have not met with any one case, in which any material be¬ nefit arose from its empioyment,” &c. Med. Comment. f In Phthisi opus est, si vires patiuntur, longa naviga¬ tione : si id imbecillitas non sinit, nave tamen, sed non longe gestari, commodissimum. Cels. Cicero quoque de se ipso refert, se, instanti Phthisi, in Asiam navigasse, et inde Romam biennio, valetudine summa, rediisse. Neque enim Aegyptus, propter se, sed propter longam navigationem, petitur, Plin. Exemplum cui, hac in flumine usitata, mors evenit longin¬ quior, inter praelegendum memorat, Grecorius»