A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith.

  • Nathan Smith
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1824
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    their disagreeing with the stomach, especially the vegetable acids. *i heh » We have already mentioned, that fever did thestomach, and I have, in several cases, wit- nessed a sensation of burning accompanied with an indescribable feeling of distress in that other vegetable acids; but such cases are rare. In most instances, the vegetable acids, diluted with water, will be found grateful to the patient, and may, in almost all cases, be taken with impunity. The mineral acids have been used as reme- diesin Typhous Fever, especially the muri- atic and sulphuric. Ihave oftener prescribed the former than any of the others belonging to this class, and have thought the moderate use of it aided in preserving the powers of the stomach; but it is nota medicine upon which much dependence can be placed. We were formerly taught to place some re- liance on that class of medicines called re- frigerants, viz. the acids and neutral salts. We have already had occasion to mention the Mineral acids. Refrigerants.
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