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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    Nitrate of potash. Cool air. TREATMENT OF TYPHUS. acids, their refrigerating power is very trifling. As for the neutral salts, some of them may be used as cathartics in the early stage of the disease, when the heat of the body is consi- derable. The sulphate of magnesia, and ‘the tartrite of potash are the best; but in the ad- vanced stage of the disease, they sometimes produce an injurious effect on the stomach, and are apt to induce diarrhea; this is more particularly the case with the sulphate of soda. Nitre, or the nitrate of potash, was former- ly a favourite prescription in fevers of all kinds. When this article 1s given in very small doses, it produces no perceptible effect, and if given in large, it does a positive injury to the stomach. | All things considered, we can place no de- pendence on internal refrigerants, and if we wish to produce this effect, that is, if we de- sire to diminish the temperature of the body, when above the ordinary standard, we must have recourse to cold water or cold air. The heat may be lessened by covering the patient liglitly, and admitting cool air into the
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