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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    [ «7 ] climates, and under the fevereft prejudi* ces, it has been found neceffary to take •away a few ounces of blood to relieve pain in the head, oppreffion in breath- ing, an intenfe dry heat on the Ikin, and other fymptoms protrading theparoxyfm s by fuch means the remiflion has been brought on, and the Bark given with greater effed. The Fevers of this country feldom have regular remiffions, until they have been properly treated by evacuations} the inflammatory by bleeding, and the bilious by vomiting and purging. When Fevers are brought into a flate of obvious remiflion} that is, when the pulfe becomes from ten to twenty flower at fome particular time in the twenty- four hours i when the relHefsnefs, anxiety, and tendency to delirium abate; when the mouth and fauces are moift; when the ‘ ' F 7, organs