Observations on the use and abuse of mecurial medicines in various diseases / by James Hamilton, Jun.

  • James Hamilton
Date:
1819
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Credit: Observations on the use and abuse of mecurial medicines in various diseases / by James Hamilton, Jun. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the mass, salivation begun on the fifth day, and notwithstanding every attention, the tongue and gums became swelled to an enor- mous degree, bleeding ulcers of the mouth and fauces took place, and such excessive ir- ritability and debility followed, that for nearly a whole month her life was in the utmost jeopardy.—Every practitioner must have met with similar cases Another common consequence of a very small dose of mercury, is an excessive bowel complaint. In many individuals a perma- nent irritability of the stomach and intesti- nal canal has followed the accidental exhi- bition of a few grains of calomel. Various other anomalous affections have been known to succeed the use of mercury. Thus, Dr Falconar mentions, (Memoirs of the Medical Society of London, Vol. III. page 381.) that ‘‘ he once saw a dropsy of the breast produced by the use of a mer- curial remedy for a redness in the face, D
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