A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith.

  • Nathan Smith
Date:
1824
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Credit: A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    who treat this disease with tonics and stimu- lants, have not been remarkable for their suc- “ELIS I have prescribed the cinchona in many cases, and as far as I am able to judge, when there was a considerable heat present and while the mouth was inclined to be parched and dry, and especially when there was pain in the head, its use was injurious. But in some cases, when there was a sense of cold- ness creeping over the patient and where there was hamorrhage, it produced a good effect. | | Upon the whole, the bark like mercury may be an auxiliary but cannot be considered an important remedy, much less a specific. Bitter infusions may be used through the whole course of the disease, such as the eu- patorium, (perfoliatum,) chamomile, and vari- ous others. When taken in considerable quantities, though they do not cure the dis- ease, they may assist in preserving the tone of the stomach in some degree, and in that way aid in conducting it to a favourable ter- mination. K Bitters,
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