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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    r [ 59 ] ^he following faBs will beji determine how far I a?n jufified in favouring the opinion of the fuperior e^ccellenca of the Red Bark, Edward Virgoe, aged, 21, had la- boured under an Intermittent Fever fve mont:hs. It was firfl: a Biertiaii and after- wards became a regular ^otidian, accom- panied with Cough, Dyfpnosa, and Hoarfc- nefs, particularly in the paroxyfm. The common Peruvian Bark, given in the dofe of one dram every hour, prevented the re- turn of the paroxyfm for a few daysj the patient however relapfed notwith- flanding the Bark was continued, he wa^ at laft cured by taking one dram of the Red Bark every fecond hour for the (pace ' of ten days. It foon as the fweating fit of the Fever has fufficiently carried ofF the hot fit; this is particularly proper when |he interval is fhort between the paroxyfms.