A treatise on the hidden nature, and the treatment of intermitting and remitting fevers; illustrated by various experiments and observations; in two books / by Jean Sénac, M.D. Translated from the Latin, with notes, by Charles Caldwell, M.D. And a recommendatory preface, by Benjamin Rush, M.D.

  • Jean-Baptiste de Sénac
Date:
1805
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Credit: A treatise on the hidden nature, and the treatment of intermitting and remitting fevers; illustrated by various experiments and observations; in two books / by Jean Sénac, M.D. Translated from the Latin, with notes, by Charles Caldwell, M.D. And a recommendatory preface, by Benjamin Rush, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    intermittents on plunging themselves into a stream of running water. A kind of febrile paroxysm appears also to be excited by the use of the cold bath. But it is no less certain that perspiration may be checked without producing any febrile affection. It appears also from the — circumstances of the cold of winter, which is so unfavourable to perspiration, that persons when warm are very often exposed to cold air without experiencing any febrile commotion in conse- quence of it. From these causes which they considered as uncertain, some physicians have retreated to others less obvious to the senses. Many seem to be fully convinced, that the origin of intermit- tents is to be sought for in the action of the nerves; some, for instance, suppose it to be owing to an inert or sluggish state of the nervous fluid, while others attribute it to an irregular influx of the same. They contend, in particular, that the sudden invasion of the paroxysms can be de- duced from no other source than the nerves. Examples are brought forward, where an inter- mittent appears evidently to have been produced by the passions of the mind. For no other rea- son, according to some, can peruvian bark prove serviceable, but because it gives relief in hys- terical or nervous affections.
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