A singular variety of chorea sanct. Vit. considerably relived by the use of the argentum nitratum / by Thomas Hall.

  • Hall, Thomas.
Date:
1799
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Credit: A singular variety of chorea sanct. Vit. considerably relived by the use of the argentum nitratum / by Thomas Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    to introduce an obfervation of Dr Fothergill' which may be found in a paper of his, com- municated to the Medical Society of London, in the year 1776, [“ Remarks on the cure of Epilepfy.”]; and which idea had ftruck me long previous to my having feen this paper. In fpeaking of valerian, caftor, foetid gums, and empyreumatic oils, and a little after- wards of the flores cardaminis, as remedies made ufe of in cafes of epilepfy, he properly afks the queftion, “ May not both thefe kinds of medicines, and molt of thofe made ufe of as fpecifics, from ancient authority, now and then confirmed with inftances of benefit, derive the greateft part of their confequence from their quantity, or their difguftful qualities; which, by lelfening the appetite, allow Nature to re- cover herfelfi and fhake off' a difeafe which in- dulgence principally produced ?” IX.