A dissertation on cancerous diseases / ... Translated from the Latin, with notes.

  • Bernard Peyrilhe
Date:
1777
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Credit: A dissertation on cancerous diseases / ... Translated from the Latin, with notes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ -9 ] A afforded a milder appearance :—on the fourth day, it was lefs fcetid, and had fur- nifheda little good pus.—I employed the vapor three times a day, and every thing began to have a more favourable afpeft.—• On that day, the patient informed me, that fhe found herfelf incommoded occa- fionally, with vertigo; and that fhe had felt this inconvenience, at times, ever fince the third or fourth vaporation. —As the pains were much mitigated, and the ulcer had a very mild and favourable appear¬ ance, and furnifhed a pretty laudable pus; although fomewhat alarmed at this ver¬ tigo, yet I ventured to continue the va- porations.—The vertigo ftill fubfifted, and I began to fufpedt, that this fymptom was occahoned by the vapor of fixed air, entering into the lungs (c); and, fearing (t) It appears, however, from experiments, that fixed air may in no inconfiderable quantity be breathed without danger or uneafinefs —The fleam of an effervefcing mixture of chalk and vinegar, has been infpired through the fpout of a coffee-pot, in a great number of cafes cf phthifis pulmo- nalis, and with \ery good effe&s too.-—See Fercival's Med, effays. *