The planter's and mariner's medical companion : treating, according to the most successful practice, I. The diseases common to warm climates and on ship board. II. Common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. &c. III. The complaints peculiar to women and children. To which are subjoined, a dispensatory, shewing how to prepare and administer family medicines, and a glossary, giving an explanation of technical terms / by James Ewell, physician in Savannah.

James Ewell

Date:: 1807

Credit: The planter's and mariner's medical companion : treating, according to the most successful practice, I. The diseases common to warm climates and on ship board. II. Common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. &c. III. The complaints peculiar to women and children. To which are subjoined, a dispensatory, shewing how to prepare and administer family medicines, and a glossary, giving an explanation of technical terms / by James Ewell, physician in Savannah. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[ ioi ] BLEEDING AT THE NOSE. In febrile diseases accompanied with pain in the head, flushed countenance, and redness of the eyes, bleeding from the nose in general, is salutary, and ought not to be checked unless the patient is likely to be too much exhaust- ed by it; however, when this discharge is too profuse, the patient should have his head raised and exposed to cool air. Beside which, cold acidulated drinks should be used, and cloths dipped in cold vinegar and water, frequently applied to the face and back of the neck. A piece of metal, as a key for example, applied cold to the naked back, is a familiar remedy and often succeeds. If these should not prove sufficient, a pledget of lint dipt in strong alum water, or a powder composed of flour and alum of equal quantity should be introduced into the nos- trils, with sufficient force to compress the orifice of the ruptured vessels. SPITTING OF BLOOD. When there is a discharge from the mouth of blood of a florid colour, brought up with more or less coughing, preceded by a sense of tightness, weight, and anxiety in the chest, and attended with a saltish taste of the spittle, it is in consequence of a ruptured vessel of the lungs. CAUSES. Plethora—-violent exercise of the lungs— and frequently a faulty conformation of the chest.

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