Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases / by James Hamilton.
- James Hamilton
- Date:
- 1826
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Credit: Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases / by James Hamilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![learnt that the fymptoms of debility which take place in typhus fever, fo far from being encreafed, were obyioufly relieved, by the evacuation of the bowels. I was, therefore, under little apprehenfion from them, in fcarlatina. I have never witnelTed fmkino- and fainting, as mentioned by fome authors, and fo much dreaded by them ; neither have I obferved re- vulfion from the furface of the body, and confequent premature fading, or in common language, ftriking in of the efflorefcence, from the exhibition of purga- tives. Accordingly, in treating fcarlatina, I have confided much, in the ufe of purgative medicines ; and no variety of the difeafe, as appearing in difter- ent epidemics, or in the courfe of the fame epidemic, has hitherto prevented me from following out this praftice, to the extent which I have found necellary. Here, I beg again to caution the reader againft the common alTociation of purging, with the ufe of pur- gative medicines; thefe are given only in the prefent cafe, to remedy the impaired action of the inteftines and fecure the complete expulfion of their contents] and thus to prevent any accumulation from remain-' ing to aggravate the feverity of the fymptoms, and produce further fource of fuffering to the patient Bcfidcs](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21518178_0055.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
