An account of the methods pursued in the treatment of cancerous and schirrhous disorders, and other indurations ... / [J.O. Justamond].

  • John Obadiah Justamond
Date:
1780
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Credit: An account of the methods pursued in the treatment of cancerous and schirrhous disorders, and other indurations ... / [J.O. Justamond]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 7 ] that I could not prevail upon any of my me¬ dical friends to try this new mode of intro¬ ducing it into the habit. I refolved however not to propofe this bath to my patient at firft, in order not to alarm her; but to give a fair trial to the in¬ ternal ufe of the extract of hemlock, and the external application of the plant in pultices and fomentations. She perfifted for a long time, and the dofe of the extradl was gra¬ dually increafed as far as it could be borne, but without any vifible effeft, except a trif¬ ling alteration for the better upon the firft trial of it, or upon the firft varying of thefe applications for fome other. A year and a half or more pafled away in this manner, during which time (he tried the extract of hemlock, the bark, the fublimate, the carrot pultice, and many other things without ob¬ taining any relief. On the contrary, fhe grew vifibly worfe. Long continuance of excru¬ ciating pain had reduced her to an extreme ) B 4 degree
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