An inaugural dissertation on the theory and practice of emetics : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, for a degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 8th day of May, 1793 / by Henry Wilkins, of Annapolis Maryland ; member of the American Medical Society.
- Wilkins, Henry, 1767-1847
- Date:
- MDCCXCIII [1793]
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the theory and practice of emetics : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, for a degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 8th day of May, 1793 / by Henry Wilkins, of Annapolis Maryland ; member of the American Medical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![XX. Chorea. Vomits are here prefcribed, both to break up that determi- nation of the nervous principle which conftitutes the proximate caufe of the diforder, and to reduce the fyftem which is laid down as an indication to check the predifpofition. The emetic mould not be rough, but fuited to the age and habit of the patient. XXI. Afthma. I have known a gentle emetic, given at the accefiion of a fit of the afthma, fo to interrupt it, that a flight fit of half the ufual length was the confequence. It is perfectly fafe, and fcarcc ever fliould be omitted when the predifpofition takes place. XXII. Dyfpnoea. There are feveral fpecies of dyfpnoea where emetics may be ufeful, and fome where they may be hurtful. The dyfpnoea catarrhalis appears to indicate them more clear- ly than any of the other fpecies, whilft there is no place for them in the dyfpnoea pinguedinofa, the dyfpncea thoracica, or the dyfpnoea extrinfeca. XXIII. Hooping Cough. Almost every practitioner prefcribes emetics in this com- plaint, for the ratio of which I refer to what I have faid in XX. They fhould be of the gentler kinds, and repeated frequently. The quantity is to be adjufted to the patient's age. XXIV. Hyfteria. An irregularity in the primae viae, which depends upon a col- lapfed ftate of it, appears to be the foundation of hyfteric fymp- toms. To put an end to them fpeedily is a defirable object; and I am informed from good authority, that a dofe of ipecacuana, or any other fuitable emetic, will have that effeft. As white, vitriol is a proper medicine in thefe cafes, exclufive of its eme- tic property, and alfo acts very fpeedily as an emetic, it is pro- bable that a few grains may be better adapted to this cafe than any other emetic. XXV. Mania. Emetics have been prefcribed in mania, with benefit. ]t is the mania corporea of Dr. Cullen that indicates them. It is ceitain that mania fometimes alternates with other affections of the fyftem ; and hence it is poffible that it may yield to an infti- tuted inoffenfive a&ion. XXVI. Dropfy.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21163996_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
