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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    I 7' ] Chronic Rheumatirm, generally prevent- ed. The Acute Rheumatirm appears from the ftate of the pulfe, the tendency to profufe fweating, the depohtion in the urine, the frequent acceffion of chilly paroxyfm to be an Intermittent Fever, which is probably prevented from alTum- ing the more ufual and natural form of that difeafe by the inflammatory adlion on the joints, which I have fometimes feen merely local, (i. e.) unaccompanied ff with any general Inflammatory Fever in the habit: in fuch cafes, while leeches have been applied to the joints, and the hemorrhage from them encouraged by fomentations,, I have given Bark freely, which I have never known to increafe the inflammatory fymptoms while the ufual means of promoting inflammation were guarded againft. General and vague max- ims, applied in reafoning on the adlion of Bark, and its tendency in all cafes to pro- mote inflammation are therefore ill found- F4 ed.