Observations on the origin and treatment of internal and external diseases, and management of children / [Gustavus Hume].

  • Hume, Gustavus, 1732-1812.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Observations on the origin and treatment of internal and external diseases, and management of children / [Gustavus Hume]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion becomes neceffary, as it is generally fup- pofed that a ftool thould be procured daily ; F doubtlefs in full health where a certain fhare of fuftenance is taken in, efpecially by young fubje&ts, fuch regular evacuation becomes necef- fary ; but in eruptive difeafes, particularly of an infe€tious nature, the pra@lice of continued purg- ing is injurious, and lays a foundation for furs ther fatal difeafe, either in the lungs or throat, ef} Poe in children. i The natural progrefs of any diforder is by come Mnencement, flate, and decline; confequently, the different ftages call for a variation in mea- fures; and at particular periods fometimes a difcontinuance of every active medicine for a cer- tain fpace of time. This diftinftion is prin- cipally neceffary after inoculation, when open air is unlimitedly prefcribed. No doubt as the fmall-pox is one of the moft putrid difeafes that we have experienced, and was. firft produced by a corruption of juices, the greateft benefit may be fuppofed to accrue from being taken into the air; at the fame time that the furface, particularly the extremities, be clofely protected from fuch general expofure. I once faw a youth, who became fo chilled and oppreffed as fud- denly to expire, on being forced into the open air, in cold weather. & “U Every