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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    actions consequent thereon which occur in gan- grene, could scarcely be wished.* But the facts speak so plainly for themselves, that no com- mentary is necessary. I shall therefore content mvself with observing, that a remedy capable of producing these effects, has long been a de- sideratum in medicine; and I have great hopes, that the frictio opiata, will, in a great measure, supply this defect ; attention being given to the employment of such other means, as may tend to promote the object in view. Should a spe- cific be hereafter discovered for gangrene, is it reasonable to expect it will produce more fa- vourable, or more decisive effects, than those which were exhibited in the instances here ad- duced ? I should feel myself indebted to Mr. Dock- er, if he would have the goodness to reply to the following queries, through the medium of the Medical Journal. What quantity of camphire * and oil did each portion [* Nor is Gangrene the only disease in which it has ma- nifested the power of diminishing morbid irritability and its consequences, in a manner equally extraordinary; see the case of Mr. G. P. No. I; John Jackson, No. II: No. Ill; No. VI to XVI, &c.] * I have lately employed camphire along with opium, ex- ternally, in a case of typhus fever, with a view to its seda- tive, antiseptic, and antispasmodic qualities. The effects were highly beneficial; but not more so than I have repeat- edly seen take place from the employment of opium alone. F