Manual of therapeutics / by L. Martinet... Tr., with alterations and additions, by Robert Norton.

  • Louis Martinet
Date:
1832
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Credit: Manual of therapeutics / by L. Martinet... Tr., with alterations and additions, by Robert Norton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    pears to have been frequently successful: in a thin subject this is easily accomplished, by drawing the carotids forwards, towards each other, and then pressing them against the larynz : in fat or muscular subjects, it is ne- cessary to recline the head and press the arteries against the vertebral column. This compression should be persevered in the longer, as the cerebral congestion is more considerable; it must, however, be occasion- ally interrupted. [Dr. Parry also has attempted to prove, that the flow of blood to the brain can be in- tercepted by this means, the employment of which, he considers to be of the highest im- portance in the treatment of cerebral affec- tions : the general opinion appears to be, that it is too difficult of execution, and too uncer- tain in its results, to be worthy of particular attention : at the utmost, its influence cannot be more than temporary.] The antiphlogistic treatment should be seconded by placing the feet in hot water, or
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