A medical commentary on fixed air ... / [Matthew Dobson].

  • Matthew Dobson
Date:
1779
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Credit: A medical commentary on fixed air ... / [Matthew Dobson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VIII. Fixed Air may alfo be exter¬ nally applied, either by a proper appa¬ ratus determining it upon the difeafed parts, or by mixing it with the air of the chamber fo as to be freely and con- ftantly refpired. (ij Is it not probable that the carrot poultice, or any other fweet vegetable fubftance, applied in this form, owe their efficacy to the detachment of the Fixed Air during the application of the poultice ? Such are fome of the various me¬ thods in which Fixed Air may be ad- miniftred as a medicine. To deter¬ mine the different proportions of Fixed Air contained in chalk and the fixed and volatile alkalies, which are the fub- ftances mo ft commonly directed for the fupply of Fixed Air, I made the following experiments. Experiment (i) Dr. Rotheram’s letter to Dr. Pcrcival, Med. and Exp. Effays* vol. 3d, 1
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