Medical charity : its abuses and how to remedy them.

  • John Chapman
Date:
1874
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    CASES OF DIARRHEA AND CHOLERA TREATED SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHIEFLY BY MEANS OF THE SPINAL ICE-BAG. 8vo, 64 pp., price Is. 6d. . . . . The author having proposed his method of treatment, has in the next place to determine its actual value in practice; he accordiiig'ly completes his ease by bringing: forward a large body of evidence to show that hig method, when carried out by attendants with the minute care he has a right to enjoin upon them, is, if not uniformly at any rate very largely successl'ul We must say that his statements are backed by very strong evidence used tcith much knowledge and skill—so mttch so, indeed, that they cannot be overlooked, but claim our instant attention. , . . yye cannot but be pleased to tMnk that the evidence is most strong in support of that one positionin which ue are most immediately interested—namely, that the ice treatmentis successful. Tliis surely is the main point, and in the face of the miserable results obtained under the use of other methods, we cannot but form a favourable estimate of the alternative treatment here proposed And although we fortunately have no experience of cholera thus treated, yet in fairness to Dr. Chapman, we ought to say that we have found the ice bag very useful in some other disorders. For example, we have found it strikingly successful in maniacal conditions, when applied to the cervical region; in sympattietic vomiting likewise, and in some other cimditlous too numerous now to mention.—Medical limes and Gazette, Feb. 17, 1872. Dr. Chapman has the undoubted merit of originating a system of treatment which we believe Is of great practical value. We are satisfied of the truth of his assertion, that the condition of the viscera of the thorax and abdomen can be modified to a considerable extent by the external application of heat and cold to the spine We have ourselves observed the advantages of Dr. Chapman's method of treatment in sea-sickness. In the stages of bronchitis where the breathing is dry and tubular. Dr. Chapman's hot-water bag often causes marked relief, and the increased secretion of mucus from the bronchial tubes seems to he proved by the greater softness of the breathing which may be ascertained to follow in a few minutes by auscultation The pamphlet is in a readable form, and shows both great scientific knowledge and practical sagacity.—Medical Press and Circular. A readable and persuasive pamphlet. We should like to see Dr. Chapmam's views fully tested.—Hdinburgh Medical Journal, July, 1872. LONDON: EAILLIEEB, TINDALL, AND COX, 20, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND. CHLOROFORM AND OTHER ANAESTHETICS: [Jteprinted, with additions, from the Westminster Review for January, 1859.] 8vo, price Is. The special object of the Westminster reviewer is to combat the prejudices, religious as well as physiological which still exists against the use of anaesthetics in parturition.—T/ie Press. A searching article, very useful to confirm and guide the wavering. —S;)erfa/or. Exliibits very strikingly how in this, as in msmy other cases, mankind had been from time to time on the very verge of beneficent discovery without accomplishing the last step into the light.—Scotsman. In the article on ana;sthetic medicines, the discovery, the virtues, the progress,the position, and moral effects of Chloroform and other similar matters are treated in full detail. The article, in fact, very nearly exhausts the subject. The question of the effect on the cerebral and nervous systems is treated at once medically and popularly and made much more intelligible than iu any other essay we have met with which attempts to enter into technical details.—Morning Chronicle. Treats the history of ann;sthetical agents in a very interesting manner, the whole concluding with an able reply to the many objections which have been urged against the practice of anajsthesia during childbirth.—York Herald. The writer first gives an historical account of the use of anieithctic agents—notices objections to their employment, and defends their use in a calm moderate, scientifio manner.—Bradford Keview. in the article on Chloroform, we learn how extensively this blessed substance has already entered into medical and surgical practice, and how vehemently it has been opposed by those whom Dr. Chalmers called ' sm;ill theologians' on the ground that it was contrary to Scripture, especially in cases of midwifery.—Bradford Obierier.