Observations on the hepatitis of India, and on the prevalent use of mercury in the diseases of this country / [William Saunders].
- William Saunders
- Date:
- 1809
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on the hepatitis of India, and on the prevalent use of mercury in the diseases of this country / [William Saunders]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![at. Capy of a Letter from Mr: Patsury, formerly Head Surgeon at Madras. * ‘ Sir, ‘¢] wave been favoured with yours by Ensign G - «is your letter shews a candid inquisitiveness that merits information, I shall be somewhat explicit in answer. ‘ir, every day in this country, and oftener than is ima- ’s is one of those cases which occur gined in other hot climates; not scldom I believe in camps, and in particular seasons in Europe, when bilious disorders prevail. But it is generally overs looked, on the supposition that fluxes are simple diarrhceas, arising from miasmata, putrid bile or erudities, or something acrimonious in the first passages ; and of course are treated with emetics, jaxatives, antispasmodics, and bitters. Indeed, if they were only produced by such simple causes, we might generally expect speedy and effectual cures, by a perseverance in the above remedies, properly | adapted, ** But on the contrary, we see them often run on to a great length; and often of precarious issue: * This letter is taken from Mr. Curtis’s Account of the Diseases of India; 2 Book containing many valuable observa- tionss ’](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22034146_0053.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
