Lectures on the nature and treatment of fever / by D.J. Corrigan.
- Dominic Corrigan
- Date:
- MDCCCLIII [1853]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lectures on the nature and treatment of fever / by D.J. Corrigan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![/ LECT. IX.] TREATMENT OF FEVER. 89 slightly on deep pressure, but without change of colour. This appears to arise from inflammation of the deeper lymphatics; it seldom goes on to the formation of ab- scess. When this affection shows itself, the patient must at once be confined to bed; and I attach great impor- tance to position. The leg should be elevated on pil- lows, so inclined as to raise the lower portion of the limb above the level of the trunk, and some leeches ap- plied over the most swollen and painful part. After their application, the bandage fomentation should be employed, which is prepared thus:—Tear up flannel into yard lengths, of the usual bandage width, and, hav- ing steeped them for a moment in hot decoction of poppy-heads and camomile, make them into so many rollers, and, squeezing out the superfluous moisture, roll them successively round the limb, until they are laid on, three or four folds thick, over the extent desired. Then take similar rollers of dry flannel, and apply them in like manner, three or four folds thick over the first applied and moist rollers. The effect of this will be to prevent evaporation, so as to keep up a constant fomenting action without the unpleasant effect of oiled silk, and to pre- serve a sufficient degree of warmth. You will find this a cleaner, lighter, and more comfortable application than poulticing ; and it does not require to be renewed more than three times in the day. Adhesive phlebitis is sometimes a very troublesome sequela of fever, not only in its immediate consequences, but in its after results, the leg and thigh frequently re- maining enlarged for weeks after recovery, and varicose](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21308329_0105.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
