Some account of the last yellow fever epidemic of British Guiana / Ed. by John Davy.

  • Blair, Daniel.
Date:
1850
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    Secretary — H. G. Dalton. Treasurer — J. M. Johnstone. Members—V>vs. A. S. Macfurlane, G. R. Bonyun, .T. Fraser, J. R. F. Hutson, II. Ilutson, J. M. Johnstone, A. Houstoun, J. Merry, J. Scott, E. A Manget, J. M. F. I^odgson, H. G. Dalton, T. M'Creatli, J. M'Laggan, W. b. Stack, W. A. Wolseley, T. F. Pollard, g! Mushet, B. Longmore, C. Driessen, J. S. Fowler, and D. M'Cam- bridge. VI. On the Use of Quinine in the Treatment of Remittent Fever; in a Letter from Staff-Surgeon Millar* Georgetown, Demerara, 18tb March, 1848. Sin, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, calling on me to state, for the information of the Director General, How, and in what doses, quinine was administered in the * cases of remittent fever treated by me, or under my observation, and what were apparently its effects. .In answering this question it is necessary that the principle which regulated the administration of quinine in the remittent fever of this colony should be clearly understood—that this substance, when given to a certain amount, produces a peculiar and specific effect on the constitution, which would appear to be incompatible with the existence of fever, as explained in your second circular memorandum, and in Dr. Blair's paper attached thereto. The symptoms of this state, to * [From the many documents before me, obtained whilst I was in the West Indies, relative to the quinine plan of treatment of the fevers of that country, I am induced to select the above, having pci-fect confidence in its author for accuracy of description as well as for correctness of observation. Were this the proper place, I could adduce much additional and powerful evidence in favour of the efficacy of quinine used as a specific in these fevers, and in coiToboralion of the practical views contained in Dr. Blair's Treatise, especially by reference to the Quarterly Reports of Second Class Staff-Surgeon, Conneli, by which, indeed, my attention was first directed to the subject. He acquired his knowledge of the practice and his faith in it, in British Guiana, from the civil practitioners there, and employed it with marked success in the remittent fever of Grenada. Those inquirers who wish for fuller information respecting this plan of treatment, will find ample details regarding it in the office in London of the Director General of the Army Medical Department, with every facility for reference.]—Ed.