Elements of the practice of physic, in two parts. Part I containing, the natural history of the human body. Part II the history and methods of treating fevers, and internal inflammations / by Geo. Fordyce.

  • George Fordyce
Date:
1791
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Credit: Elements of the practice of physic, in two parts. Part I containing, the natural history of the human body. Part II the history and methods of treating fevers, and internal inflammations / by Geo. Fordyce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and the patient ftrengthened, and the common means of curing ulcers not ve- nereal, are to be employed; if thefe do not fucceed, he is to return to the ufe of the mercury. 3dly, When ulcers covered with foe- tid Houghs appear, and fpread exceed- ingly fall, in this cafe bark, and the other remedies for gangrene and mortifi- cation, are to be made ufe of. 4thly, When only rheumatic pains remain, thefe often arifing from the mer- cury itfelf, are to be cured by prepara- tions of antimony, and farfapariila. If by the imprudent ufe of mercury, or expofure to cold, a falivation with great inflammation of the falivary glands and mouth is brought on, it is to be omitted, and the common antiphlogiftic remedies ufed, till thefe fymptoms are carried off. If dyfentery fhould be brought on, we are to take away from §xij to %xv] of blood, afterwards to give a dofe of rhubarb; laftly, to flop the purging V