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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    “ May 18. The patient was in a state of* tolerable composure. He had taken both wine and nutriment. The inunction had been thrice renewed; but, as it had not produced much sleep, I directed fifteen drops of laudanum to be administered every four or five hours, in cof- fee, of which he was said to be fond, and which conceals the taste of opium better than any other vehicle. The inunction was discontinued. “ May 19- The patient had enjoyed sound and refreshing sleep ; and awoke in the morning almost perfectly rational, with a considerable abatement of every symptom of fever. * Additions to Dr. Per rival's Communication. “ In the introduction of new modes of treatment, it is incumbent on the medical prac- titioner, to be sedulously cautious, not only that he founds his trials 011 just analogies, but that he conducts them with impartiality, and re- cords, with faithfulness, their good or ill suc- cess. “ The apparently happy effects of opium in the case of Mr P. and in the two others [* The rapid abatement of the feverish symptoms, in this, as well as in the case of Mr. G. P. and others, which remain to be noticed, is a very remarkable circumstance, and which cannot be explained upon the idea of a mere anodyne opera- tion.]