Volume 1

The influence of the atmosphere, more especially the atmosphere of the British Isles, on the health and functions of the human frame ... To which are added Practical researches on the pathology, treatment, and prevention of gout and rheumatism [partly translated and condensed from the French of MM. Guilbert and Hallé, as drawn up for the 'Dictionnaire des sciences médicales' in 1817] in all their proteian forms. An essay / By James Johnson.

  • Johnson, James, 1777-1845.
Date:
1818
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Credit: The influence of the atmosphere, more especially the atmosphere of the British Isles, on the health and functions of the human frame ... To which are added Practical researches on the pathology, treatment, and prevention of gout and rheumatism [partly translated and condensed from the French of MM. Guilbert and Hallé, as drawn up for the 'Dictionnaire des sciences médicales' in 1817] in all their proteian forms. An essay / By James Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX 3?. ON THE NiTRO-MURIATIC ACID BATH BILIOUS DISEASES. Purs Remed y is now coming so much into use, and affords so decisive a proof of the CcUTANEO-HEPATIC SYMPATHY, which | some years ago traced in the production and cure of bilious disorders, that I was naturally anxious to give it a trial in a class of diseases which I have long studied with more than usual attention. . I have already seen suflicient, to be convinced that the Nitro-muriatic acid bath is a val- uable remedy, when aided by proper medicines internally ; and I can corroborate the greater number of Dr. Scott’s statements relative to its effects on the human frame. From his different papers on the subject, and my own personal observation, the following concise code of instructions is drawn. | § 1.—Composition and mode of administration. Dr. Scott appears to have wavered much in the composition of the bath. In a paper privately circulated among his friends, dated November, 1816, he observes—“ ] propose, in future, toemploy three parts of the muriatic to two of the nitric acid—this is the most powerful proportion I have yet discovered ;” yet, ina paper dated nearly six months af- terwards, and published in the Medico-chirurgical Trans- actions, he states that his bath 1s formed of ‘ equal parts of the nitric acid and muriatic acid.” His directions for the formation or strength of the bath too, are so very vague as to have deterred many practitioners from adopting his lans. ‘Fhe following will be found a more simple and determinate mode of proceeding. Into a glass vessel, capable of holding a pint or more of fluid, put eight ounces of water, and then pour in four ounces of the nitric acid of the London pharmacopeia, and four ounces of muriatic acid, or the spirit of salt of the shops. ‘This mixture may be labelled the “* Nitro-muria- tic Solution,” and one ounce to a gallon of warm water will