Volume 1

A supplement to Observations on the internal use of the nightshade / [Thomas Gataker].

  • Gataker, Thomas, -1769
Date:
1757
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A supplement to Observations on the internal use of the nightshade / [Thomas Gataker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *3 ] »• H ' moved, do not very often admit of any other than a temporary Relief from any Medicine, being ufually fuppofed owing to fome general Diforder in the Blood, as the Gout, a confirmed Rheumatifm, or an in¬ veterate Scurvy; but in Cafes lefs compli¬ cated, where the Caufe of the Difeafe is more recent, and where repeated Sweats have either been judged preferable to other Evacuations, or proper to aflift them, the Nightfhade has proved very ferviceable. Scorbutic Eruptions feem to have fome refemblance with the preceding Diforders, efpecially as they may arife from a conftitu- tional Caufe, or may proceed likewife from a Caufe more recent and accidental. In fome of thefe the Nightfhade, which ope¬ rated profufely by Perfpiration and Urine, leffened the Eruptions very much, and re¬ moved the Pain in the Limbs which ac- \ companied the other Complaint; and this it did after the warm Bath and other means had failed : Sometimes the Eruptions have quite difappeared, but they either appeared again afterwards, or fome Complaint of the Stomach,