An index of diseases and their treatment / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Thomas Hawkes Tanner
Date:
1883
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Credit: An index of diseases and their treatment / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    l;ai.p,.i.« wl,.n drugs arc takru l,y (I,.; t„onll,.-Iu onlv . x,<,,li„r-.l coiijuuttna llie iiiisal or pituitary liicjiil^rauc. or Dk^ mucous <•> Iiject ,u, 1=. o tlie veins i.s t,,„ daiiL^erous to allow of its bn', '-'V^ .;t.d s^aic^-bu.:; Iv,^^ '■^'■'■^^^'--^ .11. :a...-.Kh as opKi ( ) Ulicu a disease is progressing favoiirablv tu\vani« n-cCveiv it is s::?of d™^'vr'' '-^^ i - l.P.lf 1 * -^^'^ ^ '■''^^ treatment is not ..iulv to r<-torc l^caltb, but to do so safely aud speedily and -.loasantlv--rn \vbem iMJiUi A il be tlic least distressing at tbo time, and subie-iuenllv ib,- cast inp.nous to tbe constitution.^(3) Put Ibe nu dic nc h.t Im-fmu m vluch It eau be most easily taken. ^Vbeu possible CM.ecia !v v , S'n'nlr';.'T' '%<^'-e.-eeablo t;aslo of tbe ira.gblbviv^iil'^;.':!: {■ij n tbcio be an idiosyncrasy witb respect to any special niediVine sudi as ,ne,•cur.^ arsenic, iodide of potassium, opi n sir ,n a ^ rVl^ ?':'/^r'v' ^r^'^'^'t' fnrpentine. ^c.-^void'adinini. ed,^ It. ibat a peculiarity of constitution, causjnean extreme siL^ceptibiliiv to tbe inlluonce of certain drugs and foods and o<)ours some ineVex s cannot be cbsputed It is as certain tbat it can seldom be elv ccau: fb^ f V^' ^^■'■••t^ '^^^ V'M.ul will be , tbe peiiod of tbo medicine's action ; r.r;. it will be worse tban ineh-^' to give a sudoriiic to an individual obliged to be iu tbe- o,,en a ■ s on after taking it.-C(i) Be careful that tbe various a-.-nts in he „re'^c-ri ' tion are not incompatible witb eacb otber, ^less^it be desir, d' o , • , some new or particular compound. Cb, mical incompaiibili, v bowl ever, IS by uo means .synonymous witli tberapeutic inertness - f,,v experience tells us tbat certain tincbemieal compoiinds-perclikride c f mercury and tincture of bark, gallic acid and tincture o. opit' n calo- mel and compouiid ipecacuanlia powder, ic.-are all valuable prornrn- mnv stnr''r%'''r'''''-r',P ^'^^^^^ber tbat if a disease l>c inc ,u,b!e.'i; n aj sti admit of great alleviation. Hence it is cruel to ^ive up anv false pionnse,s.-(S) Ivever order, or .-^auction the use of. a nuack medi- cine; one tlic composition of wbieb is k,.pt a secref.-(:0 IVarii- in mind the weakness of buman natuiv, as well as tlie piviu.liees a-u! M perstitions ^^'blcll are current, it is not onlv iieces.-arv to -ive .-..od tliat the necessary treaiinent may I.e tboroii-rblv carried out. J/o,., and a,„M,,r.^:nr uo meal, remedial agents: and in manv chronic di'eas,. .It least, the individual who basyWM will recover more siuvdilv co fn;\ Vm;h,, lhaii he who is shy of belief._(l(,) Simply to ]fn .scribe dnnr- without regulating the diet and g,.neral mana-ein,-nt of tbe patient ^iV o omit a most important duly. In acute di.seascs ].lain din-clions mii.t be given as to the venlilati,.,, and warmth of the sick-room, theamoun of light, the position of the l.e.l (not to be placed in a conn r) tbe de-re,, ofquiet to be niaiiilained, the avoidance of excilemeni and wl,is|.,.Hn.' Ihe exclusion of visitors, tbe ch'anliia ss of the sum ivr, and the natnrj and riu.'Mitily and times for administration of fo, ,1. Ki. c Khc what ever should be i.crmilted in tbe .-^ick-room. In cases of lomTilbie'ss when the palu nt can be mov. d without risk, it is often de.^irable'to have two l.,-,ls 11, Ihe ro. m,-oi:,. t,. Iv o.vupir.l durin- the day the