A treatise on gunshot wounds / by Thomas Chevalier.

  • Thomas Chevalier
Date:
1806
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Credit: A treatise on gunshot wounds / by Thomas Chevalier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be made to evacuate it as soon as ever its presence can be ascertained. Its conti- nuance must in a short time produce ir- remediable destruction. But to support the patient under all these trials of his strength and patience, and to bring him happily through them, will require a supply of nourishment equal to the discharge ; and generally the assist- ance of tonic medicines; and of opium, to allay irritation and procure rest. Wine, or other fermented liquors, and some- times even brandy, must also be allowed, in proportion to the debility which takes place; for which they are in general more effectual remedies than any in the Materia Medica. The efficacy of the Cortex Cinchona; officinalis, and other plants of that genus, is well known. These may be exhibited in substance, or ill decoction, infusion, 8cc. either alone, or combined, where little accessions of fever come on, with some acid, or a neu- tral salt.
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