[Domestic medicine].

  • Buchan William, 1729-1805.
Date:
[1786+]
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    of thofe who have the care of the patient. Con- viilfions are very alarming, and fomething nuift be done to appeafe the affrighted parents, nurfes, &c. ^ Hence the unhappy infant often undergoes bleeding, bhftering, and feveral other operations, to the great danger of its life, when a little time, baihing the feet, and throwing in a mild clyfter, would have fet all to rights. When convulfion fits arife from the cutting of teeth, befides gentle evacuations, w'e would recom- mend biifcering and the ufe of antifpafmodic me- dicines, as the tindture of foot, afafcetida, or caf- tor. A few drops of any of thefe may be mixed in a cup 0i v/liite-wine whey, and given occa- fionally. When convulfions proceed from any externa] caufe, as the prcffure occahoned by ftrait clothes or bandages, &c, thefe ought immediately to be removed; though in this ca!e taking away the caufe will not always remove the effedt, yet it ought to be done, as it is not likely that the pa- tient will recover fo long 'as the caufe which firfl: gave rile to tlie diforder continues to adl. T/hen a child is feized with convulfions with- out having any complaint in the bowels, or fymp- toms of tectliing •, or any rafn, or other difcliarge which has been fuddcnly dried up, we have rea- ibn to conclude that tiiey are a primary difeafe, cikI proceed imniediately from the brain. Cai'es of this kind liowcver h.appien but feldom, wdiich is very fortunate, as little can be done to relieve the unhapjiy