Practical observations on the treatment of consumptions ... / [Samuel Foart Simmons].
- Samuel Foart Simmons
- Date:
- 1780
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Practical observations on the treatment of consumptions ... / [Samuel Foart Simmons]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![\ [ 31 ] tioned, we may very often enable nature to recover herfelf. It may be alledged indeed, that the phyfician’s art has hitherto proved very unfiicceff- ful in thefe cafes ; but may not this be owing to the remedies that are adopted being very often fuch as are inimical to the cure ? * ' The bark is, perhaps, the mod com- 1 • \ * monly employed of any, and often con¬ fided in as an ultimate refource in thefe cafes. But befides this, the elixir of vitriol, the balfams, and frequent bleed¬ ings, have each had their partizans. The ufe of blifters and iflues, opiates, a milk and vegetable diet, exercife, and change of air, are pretty generally re¬ commended by all. It will be necef- fary to examine each of thefe feparate- ly. I fliall begin with the bark, of which I have already had occafion to notice :](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3038316x_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
