A report of the method and results of the treatment for the malignant cholera, by small and frequently repeated doses of calomel; with an enquiry into the nature and origin of the complaint / By Joseph Ayre.

  • Joseph Ayre
Date:
1833
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Credit: A report of the method and results of the treatment for the malignant cholera, by small and frequently repeated doses of calomel; with an enquiry into the nature and origin of the complaint / By Joseph Ayre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DR. AYRE’S WORKS, PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMAN. Just published, in One Volume 8vo, the 3d Edition, with numerous Cases, price 5s.6d., of RESEARCHES INTO THE PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF DROPSY; in which are exhibited an entire Change in the Views enter- tained of the Nature of these Diseases, and a new and greatly improved Method of treating them. CHARACTER OF THIS WORK. A truly valuable work. — Lancet, 1830. This work on Dropsy, written by Dr. Ayre, is one of the best medical monographs the English have produced.—Leipsic Journal of Medical Science, 1829. The views exhibited in the present Treatise must, we conceive, eventually tend to remove dangerous errors in theory, and lead to modifications in prac- tice, at once more safe and efficacious than the modes of cure most commonly pursued ; for Dropsies, like many other disorders, have been too often treated according to a blind routine. — American Journal of Medicine, Philadelphia, 1828. With the exception already stated, we entirely agree in the soundness of the principles laid down by the author, and recommend them to the serious reflection of our readers. — Edinburgh Medical Journal, 1826. Among the multitude of works that come before us for examination, it is refreshing to meet with one which enables us to lay aside, in a great measure, our critical weapons, and to present it to our readers without being compelled to notice omissions, defects, or errors, which, to pass over in silence, might imply on our parts either ignorance, neglect, or wilful partiality. It is, in- deed, gratifying to us when we meet with a performance which enables us to assume the humble, but much more agreeable task of analysing instead of criticising ; and we do not hesitate to affirm that the present work is one of this kind.— That the pathological views of Dr. Ayre are sound ; that they are generally founded in fact ; that they are perspicuously detailed, and ably illustrated, we are fully persuaded ; and, moreover, we venture to pronounce that this work will hold a permanent rank among the best monographs of modern times, and will shed a beneficial influence on the treatment of this particular class of diseases. — London Medical and Physical Journal, 1826.
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