Manual of therapeutics / by L. Martinet ; translated, with alterations and additions, by Robert Norton.
- Date:
- 1830
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Manual of therapeutics / by L. Martinet ; translated, with alterations and additions, by Robert Norton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![this mode of abstracting blood; which is, moreover, not al- together free from danger.] To oppose the return of cerebral congestion, it is proper to cover the head with thin linen cloths, repeatedly wetted with cold water, the temperature of which should be made gradually lower to prevent subsequent re-action. Pulmo- nary catarrh, which is sometimes the consequence of these cold applications, must be guarded against, by covering the chest with flannel. We can exercise a powerful controul over the general re- action, (that is, frequency of pulse with heat of skin) as well as over the cerebral disturbance, and the convulsions which so frequently occur in children, by directing a continued stream of cold water upon the head, and if the organs of the chest are in a healthy state, over the whole body: otherwise the patient must be previously placed in a warm bath, np to the neck. These affusions should be repeated as often as the cere- bral excitement, heat of skin, and frequency of poise return; they must, however, be discontinued, if the body does not readily recover its natural temperature, and especially if it remains cold; also, if the patient grows weaker and his pulse becomes smaller and more frequent. On the contrary, when the general heat, developement of pulse, and signs of cerebral congestion increase, it becomes necessary, though with mach caution, to renew the application of leeches to the base of the skull.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2193342x_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
