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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    increasing the secretions, and allaying the ir- ritation of the nervous system; the tepid bath used twice or thrice daily; tartarized antimony, in doses varying, from one-fourth of a grain to ten grains, and when the high excitement has ceased, the application of blisters.] CHRONIC HYDROCEPHALUS. It is of little practical importance, whether this disease is congenital or acquired, but it is highly important to take into consideration the condition of the patient's general health. If this is tolerable and the disease station- ary, we must not run any risk of making the child worse by very powerful measures, as success in the treatment of hydrocephalus will always greatly depend on the preservation of the health in other respects. In this case, it is better to be contented to
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