Reprint of two tracts : 1. An essay on gleets. 2. An enquiry into the nature, cause, and cure of a singular disease of the eyes / by Jean Paul Marat ; edited with an introduction by James Blake Bailey.

  • Jean-Paul Marat
Date:
1891
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Credit: Reprint of two tracts : 1. An essay on gleets. 2. An enquiry into the nature, cause, and cure of a singular disease of the eyes / by Jean Paul Marat ; edited with an introduction by James Blake Bailey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    repeated the Observation with the Watch, and found no Alteration in my Patient's Sight, since I had discontinued to attend her. In the Evening a few Sparks likewise were drawn. The same was repeated for many a Day, having Care, at every Time, to increase the Number of Sparks. She advanced but slowly towards her Recovery ; for at the Beginning of the fourth Week the Scale was reduced only to 18 Inches. Astonished at so inconsiderable a Progress, I allowed some Intermission to my Patient. During that Time, enquiring into what could have checked the Efficacy of a Remedy I so much relied upon, I made the following Reflection : That since electrical Sparks acted only as stimulating, they possibly could neither deobstruct nor reduce swelled Parts, as long as there was a Redundancy of Blood. To diminish its Mass, I therefore had Recourse to Bleeding, and the next Day Electriz- ation was re-assumed. The Event justified my Expectation; for drawing Sparks had not been continued eight Days, but the Scale was reduced to i 3 Inches. I had then a Mind to repeat Bleeding, but was obliged to postpone it, on Account of the Weakness of my Patient. Having been bled a second Time, a Plaister of
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