Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark in the cure of agues and other fevers : interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1782
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Credit: Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark in the cure of agues and other fevers : interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ >68 ] prevail in marHiy countries, and fultry climates, wherein the remiffions are very fliort, this medicine can fcarcely be ad- ininiftered too foon, or too liberally. Un- j der fuch hazardous circumftances time is I tooprecioils to admit of preparatory evacu- : ations, and I moreover concur with you in »onlidering them as frequently unneceflary, if not injurious. % On the contrary, it muft be allowed, that Agues are fometimes merely fympto- matlc of fome other more dangerous af- fection, and ought to be confidered by the attentive Practitioner, as remedies, rather than difeafes. Thus in the gout, the pain, inflammation, and tumefaCtion of the toe, is not the principal difeafe, but a critical inetajiafis, in order to its cure; fo febrile paroxyfms are, in certain cafes, to be confidered as the falutary ef- forts of nature, to fubdue fome morbific caufe,' or to remove fome confirmed di- feafe \