Annual address before the Medical Society of the County of Oneida : delivered July 11, 1865 / by C.B. Coventry, M.D. ; published by the Society.

  • C. B. Coventry
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1865
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Credit: Annual address before the Medical Society of the County of Oneida : delivered July 11, 1865 / by C.B. Coventry, M.D. ; published by the Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is alwaye a cause of alarm, both to the patient and his friei Bemorrh: i the lungs may occur al any - the not unfrequentlj it is the firsl be alarm, moderate in quantity, recurring from time to time, and is caused by the exudation of blood through the mui membrane of the bronchia It seldo the rupl of a lil I in the advanced stage of the '; i it may arise from the destruction of a blood vessel, in which case it is atal. When it occurs earl} in the di 1 is attended with febrile itement, \\ ith a full, stron M11.- inay be neci in a horizontal cold drink, and sinipi r the ch sary. Ii the discharge is not prompt] dry cupping over the chest, and the internal exhibition of nitrate from five to ten .-rains may b i ither with or withoul addition eighth of a grain of tan ir emetic, r< p< at d • in tWOOr four hours. lithe patient if ind harassed with cough, instead of the formers powder of morphine and ipecacu- anha may b tuted. [f notwithstanding th< slight bleeding continues to recur, we may substitute a pill of of lead and opium, or if the dischai and is not attended with febrile excitement, the elixir of vitrio the muriate tinetnre of iron may be y> the discharge is moderate in quantity, and do duce prostra- tion d not he particularly anxious j, often op die manner of local depletion in I ,1,,. i the lungs. When the pulse is very frequent, Bometim I with advantage; turpentine has i, highly extolled by some write: rest at first should he enforced, bu1 if the difl 'fm- ues to recur from time to time, and tl th will admit, the patient should ride out, rcise, every 'lay. There need be no fear that mod '■ in the open air dA iner. I I EOT I C F EVE R- The chills, tl and the nighl intimately nected, constituting only difl »me aifeetion.
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