A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith.

  • Nathan Smith
Date:
1824
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    Loss of a mo- derate quanti- iy of blood not dangerous. TREATMENT OF TYPHUS. This symptom did not occur in any other of our patients, of whom we lost but one. I am sensible that it is not safe to rely on one fact alone in making up an opinion on a practicalsubject. ‘This case is mentioned only to show that bleeding does not always prevent hemorrhage; and from the success of our practice, it would seem that blood-letting is not so essential, as some would persuade us to believe. That patients often recover from this dis- ease after blood-letting has been practised is an unquestionable fact, and the inference which should perhaps be drawn from it, in conjunction with the facts mentioned above, is, that the loss of a moderate quantity of blood in ‘Typhus, is not of itself dangerous, and in a majority of cases, may be allowed with im- punity. There are cases however in which it may be essential to the patient’s safety, while in others it may prove highly injurious. The judgment and skill of the physician is mine the propriety of its adoption, as well as the quantity which should be abstracted.
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