Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark, in the cure of fevers. Interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders.
- William Saunders
- Date:
- 1783
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark, in the cure of fevers. Interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[- 3% ] ‘¢ ychiculum eidem in ventriculum tranf- ¢* mittendo neceflarium, aut ex ignorantia ** peccant, aut dolo malo a quo vir probus <¢ ex animo abhorrebit.” In cafes where the patient perfpires co- pioufly with a diminution of ftrength, and a funk countenance, the Bark cannot be given in too large a quantity, or too fre- quently repeated. I have feen a yiolent Cough, Hesmoptoe, and difficult breath- ing, occuring in the paroxy{m of an In- termittent Fever, cured by giving the Bark in large dofes, and Storck has af- fured us, that he has feen Dropfies cured by perfevering in the ufe of Bark, with a view of removing an Intermittent Fever. In the Tertian Fevers of Minorca, which were of the moft malignant kind, Dr. Ciecuorn gave the Bark early and with freedom. On the fixth day the Fevers of Minorca became continued, and were ac- companied with delirium, but from per- fevering in the, ufe of Bark, they gave way generally on the eighth day. Morton ufually prefcribed the Bark before any eyacuatiens were employed, and denied that.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33086540_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
