A short discourse, to prove the usefulness of vomiting in fevers, by plain reasoning, and the authority of the best physicians, ancient and modern / [Charles Oliphant].

  • Oliphant, Charles, -1719.
Date:
1699
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Credit: A short discourse, to prove the usefulness of vomiting in fevers, by plain reasoning, and the authority of the best physicians, ancient and modern / [Charles Oliphant]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    he ol! MF fo fit to be mixed again withthe Blood as ii/e) was before it was feparated from ir. Now! the Queftion is, Whether we fhall Afift @ stimulat Nature, to Diflodge fo dangerous iy Gsuelt, or fhall we fuffer it to mix with chad Chyle in the Stomach and Guts, and be carr se ried again to the Blood, from which it mutliy e feparated again, otherwife the Patiem#bat ies. d think after flating the Queftion, I neest:) make.no anfweryonly I wouldadvifethefeGernb.), tlemen who Praéife with that Caution checiiy; pretend to, not to think fo lightly of negleGde i; ing thefe neceflary Evacuations in the begimms: ning, the doing of which muft at beft preoly., long the Difeafe ; and with all, I wouldhaws »: them take fome better notice whethee), Bleeding ought.to precede them or not, ‘Thal; may be Difcuft by avery plain Calculation. bi«, I {uppofe theFever beginning, and the quara)),) tity of Gall and other Humors a@ually flu@uley, ating in’ the:Stomach; #which cannot ibe cai. ried off by any Medicine, but part of it willl mix with the Biood: Now, Sappofing the Hui, . mours in the Stomach to.be to the whole Mail. Of Blood, as one toT wenty; if youleca Twemi... tieth part.of the Riood, then iris but as one rege, Ninteen; that is,the proportion of the Blood j/k. : diminithed dn.refped of that Matter, whicw), | givés ‘Fewel to the Fever, and confequentl ivi, tiot fo abletoDigelt or throw it off by aCrifel., Pathe contrany if we evacuat ( forExample: }) One haif of theMumours before they mix ie i es foe ae Chit t] ' |