Annual diary of health, or, Family physician & druggist : containing the necessary theoretical and practical manner of preparing medicines and preserving or curing yourself of disease, at small cost and with promptitude, of all curable evils, and of giving relief to those who labor under chronic or incurable diseases / by F.V. Raspail ; translated from the Paris edition of 1846 by A. Fortier.
- François-Vincent Raspail
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual diary of health, or, Family physician & druggist : containing the necessary theoretical and practical manner of preparing medicines and preserving or curing yourself of disease, at small cost and with promptitude, of all curable evils, and of giving relief to those who labor under chronic or incurable diseases / by F.V. Raspail ; translated from the Paris edition of 1846 by A. Fortier. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![;, BIRTH SOC PARTURITION. ALIENATION, FOLLY, FURY, MANIA, IDIOTISM, fcC. os£9.—A mal conformation of the brain, whether by birth, acci- dent or wound ; the more or less deep disorganisation or compression of any part of the brain pulp, either by the introduction of strange bodies or the development of the eggs of worms, the erosion ol a larva or caterpillar; the formation of a brain congestion caused by physical or moral accidents ; finally a violent suffering which causes the blood to rush to the brain, &c. Effects.—There effects are denominated idiotism, simple maniar folly or fury of various characters and denominations. They are transient, curable or incurable, liable to relief or simple attendance, according to the more or less violence of the producing cause and the extent of the invasion. Treatment.—Abundant applications of anodyne water [169] orr the head, around the wrists and neck will dissipate folly produced by congestion of the brain or flow of blood to the brain ; such cases of folly are cured as if by enchantment. The violent periods of incu- rable folly are appeased by the same means; the frequent use of anodyne water baths [197] is also very useful. Incurable folly must be attended with meekness and affectionate care. No violenf means of enforcing submission should be em- ployed to bring hack those poor guilty lunatics to reason. Shame on the keeper of a mad house who would have recourse to torture! The furious patient, however physically strong, is conscious of his- intellectual inferiority. He trembles as soon as he cannot make others tremble and becomes docile and grateful whenever the man who inspires hirn with terror addresses a few words, ©f kindness and meekly reproves him.' Those who are furious must be placed out of reach of doing evil. A madman, however disposed to evil, will always possess a glimmer of reason which may be improved to bring him back to quiet; he will then forget the evil, which in his illusion, he was about committing. Do not offend them, but try to win their good graces. I dread a madman whom I do not know or have never seen. I have never feared those whom I had known in their senses, even in their worst moments. I was always sure of terrifying them and often calming and bringing them back to a glimmer of reason. 226. Angina, sore throat, quinsy. Causes. The introduction in the interior of the throat of 1st ammoniacal acid or other caustic vapours; 2nd dust of an irritating or prickling nature; worms, larvas or vermicular asearides, whose bites and prick)ings produce a swelling of the tissues and often oedema of the glottis. Effects—Contraction of the interior throat, difficulty of breathing and swallowing solid food. Treatment.—Against the effect of acid vapours, use gargles of water lightly alkalized with a few drops of anodyne water (169A;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21149318_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
