Observations on the use and abuse of mercurial medicines in various diseases / by James Hamilton.

  • James Hamilton
Date:
1819
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Credit: Observations on the use and abuse of mercurial medicines in various diseases / by James Hamilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    The first eiFect enumerated, is an increased action of the heart and arteries, that is, a more than usually rapid circulation of the blood through every part of the body. This also occurs in feverish and in inflam- matory disorders, and in all is accompanied with an augmentation of the animal heat. But in feverish disorders there is neither any apparent change upon the sensible qualities of the blood, nor any unusual flow of the ordinary secretions ; while in inflammatory affections the sensible qualities of the blood are materially altered, and either some of the secretions are furnished in greater abun- dance, or topical congestions, that is, obstruc- tions in the vessels of particular parts, take place. Accelerated circulation of the blood, in consequence of the use of mercury, is attend- ed with the most obvious of the circum- stances which arise from inflammation. Blood drawn from the arm of the most de- licate and debilitated individual, subjected