On the nature and cure of glandular diseases, especially those denominated cancer, with the mode of treatment, and on the too frequent use of mercury, strongly recommended to the serious consideration of every individual : with a detail of various cases in which cancer has been completely removed without the use of the knife ... : also, on organic affections of the stomach, with a few remarks on cholera : and in an appendix, two cases, I. of fissure of the cranium II. of preternatural enlargement of the heart / by Sir Charles Aldis.

  • Charles James Berridge Aldis
Date:
1832
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Credit: On the nature and cure of glandular diseases, especially those denominated cancer, with the mode of treatment, and on the too frequent use of mercury, strongly recommended to the serious consideration of every individual : with a detail of various cases in which cancer has been completely removed without the use of the knife ... : also, on organic affections of the stomach, with a few remarks on cholera : and in an appendix, two cases, I. of fissure of the cranium II. of preternatural enlargement of the heart / by Sir Charles Aldis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Or. ^ Tinct. calumbae 3]. Aquae menth. viridis ^xij. M. fiat liaustus ter in die sumend. The inhalation of oxygen gas has been recom- mended. In extreme spasmodic pains the following I have found very serviceable. ^ Sp. aether sulphur. Syr. croci. aa 3j. Tinct. opii min. xl. Mist, camphor. J iss. Ft. haust. sexta quaque hora urgent dolor. During the time of the existence of what was called cholera in England, no contagious con- nexion could be discovered. Persons who were in constant attendance upon the sick have escaped. The method by which the complaint Note.—An apparatus for administering Lavements, brought into use in this country by Mr. Edward Jukes (the inventor of the Stomach-pump) which appears to me to be well con^- structed for ease and comfort, deserves to be recommended. It may be had of the manufacturer, Mr. Harcourt, 12, Carl tort Street, Regent Street, and at 3, Sweeting's Alley, Cornhill.
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