Facts establishing the efficacy of the opiate friction in spasmodic and febrile diseases. Also, outlines of an attempt to investigate the nature, causes, and method of cure, of hydrophobia and tetanus ... To which are added, cases and remarks / [Michael Ward].

  • Ward, Michael, active 1809.
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[1809]
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Credit: Facts establishing the efficacy of the opiate friction in spasmodic and febrile diseases. Also, outlines of an attempt to investigate the nature, causes, and method of cure, of hydrophobia and tetanus ... To which are added, cases and remarks / [Michael Ward]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and care ; and the hand of the servant who rubbed in the liniment was covered with a smooth bladder. “ What proportion of the twelve drachms of laudanum, thus consumed, may be supposed to have been conveyed by absorption into the system ? * “ May 17, 1799- Mr. , a gentleman between thirty and forty years of age, of a de- licate make, had been confined by a low fever more than a week. Last night a delirium oc- curred, which progressively increased in vio- lence ; so that this morning I found him in a state of maniacal fury, yet with a languid pulse. “ A bolus of musk, volatile salt and opium, was prescribed. But the patient loudly and peremptorily refused not only medicine, but all sustenance. It became necessary to confine him by a strait waistcoat; and I directed his feet and legs to be well fomented. Three drachms of laudanum, mixed with a like proportion of olive-oil, were afterwards rubbed into them. Within the space of five or six hours he grew more calm ; and was prevailed upon to take nearly two glasses of wine. “ A repetition of the inunction was directed. I [* MrSt is still alive, and continues liable to occa- sional returns of epilepsy. (Feb. 1809.)]