A treatise on the nature and cure of the cynanche trachealis, commonly called the croup / by Disney Alexander.

  • Alexander, Disney, 1769-1844
Date:
[1794]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the nature and cure of the cynanche trachealis, commonly called the croup / by Disney Alexander. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    i T' ] No hazard is to be apprehended in thefe fcafes, from taking away too large a quanti- ty of blood ; the danger is left we fliould not take enough; and, therefore, if a ma- nifeft relief in the breathing does not fol- low the application of the leeches, after the orifices have bled fome time, and if the fever is not abated, recourfe muft be had to more leeches, and thefe may be put upon the hands or feet as well as upon the throat. Where it is practicable, opening a'vein is preferable to the topical application of leeches ; the blood is evacuated more fud- denly and in a greater quantity, and the relief procured is commonly more fpeedy and effectual. r ■ . t Dr. Home denies the poflibility of bleed- ing being of any advantage in the fecond ftage, as he calls it, of this complaint, or where the purulent membrane is formed. In faCt, he candidly confeftes that, in this ftage of the diforder, nothing can be done with any profpeCl of fucccfs. \ When'