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A new practice of physic; wherein the various diseases incident to the human body are ... described, their causes assign'd, their diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each deliver'd, with a competent number of medicines for every stage. And symptom thereof ... : the whole formed on the model of Dr. Sydenham ... / by Peter Shaw.

  • Peter Shaw
Date:
1745
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Credit: A new practice of physic; wherein the various diseases incident to the human body are ... described, their causes assign'd, their diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each deliver'd, with a competent number of medicines for every stage. And symptom thereof ... : the whole formed on the model of Dr. Sydenham ... / by Peter Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A paraphrenitis is ever efteem’d dangerous, and ufually ends in convulfions, raving, an afcitespu- rulentus^ and mortification. 4. The regimen may be the fame as in the^»- gina and peripneumonia, A balfamic diet, con- fifting of gellies, and the like, is excellent in thefe cafes. Frequent fridions fhould alfo be ufed to the pained parts. Hot water poured upon linfeed, will make an ufeful liquor in thefe cafes, which may be fweeten’d with fugar, and freely drank as tea. 5. Bleed largely in all the Ipecies, where the ftrength will allow thereof, and repeat it boldly as the cafe requires. Obferve that where there is no particular reftridion mention’d, what is order¬ ed in the difeafes of the bread and lungs, ferves equally in the angina^ penpneumonia^ and the pre- fent cafes. See pag. 82, ' Apply a veficatory to the neck; and if the cafe be dangerous, give a gentle purgative clyftet. In the next place, R Spermat. ceti conferv, cynoshat, 9j. fyr, de alth, / /. holui h, f fumend. fuperUbendo hau^ fium fequentem. - . R Gum, arah, 5 iij. rad, alth, 3 j. coque in deco5f, hord, q, f, colatura ^ • lumhricor. magi- ftral, fyr, capillor, veneris da ^ B. tinSi, croc. 3 B. /. hauftus. Remember to order emulfions with gum. arabiCi on account of the blifters. If the fever be high, on the day following apply veficatories to the arms 5 or one to the pained fide. Purge as foon as the blifters ceafe to run. 6. R Rad. alth. ^ij. gum. arah, fol. fen. da’^], rad. rhei ^ 1$. fern, fmicul. dulc, anif. bacc. junip. rad. glycyrrhiz. da 33. fal. tartar. 3 B. inftmde in decodt. perioral, lb ij. colatur^ adde fyr. de cichor. cum rheOy rofar. folutiv. da ^ iB. fpt. nitri dulc.
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