Address in refutation of the Thomsonian system of medical practice : delivered in the lecture room of the Chester Co. Cabinet of Natural Science, West Chester, Pa., on December 31, 1836 / by Sumner Stebbins.

  • Stebbins, Sumner.
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1837
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Credit: Address in refutation of the Thomsonian system of medical practice : delivered in the lecture room of the Chester Co. Cabinet of Natural Science, West Chester, Pa., on December 31, 1836 / by Sumner Stebbins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    when there is nearly a balance of the power of outward and inward heat, or outward and inward cold, which pro- duces canker. PILES. The piles is canker below the reach of medicine given in the usual way, and must be cured by using a wash of No. 3, made strong, and by giving injections of the same, with No. 2 (Cayenne pepper.) DYSENTERY. It is cax>3ed by cold, which gets the ascendancy over the inward heat. SMALL POX, The fashionable mode of treatment in this disease has been to give physic arid reduce the strength by starving the patient, and keeping them cold. This is contrary to common sense, as it weakens the friend and strengthens the enemy, and the same cause would produce similar ef- fects in any other disorder. All that is necessary is to assist nature to drive out the canker and putrefaction which is the cause of the disease, by keeping the determining powers to the surface, in which case there will be no dan- ger. The same manner of treatment should be used in this complaint as has been directed for measks, viz:— When the symptoms make their appearance, give a dose of the composition powder, or of No, 2, (cayenne) to over- power the cold ; and when the second dose is given, add No. 1, to clear the stomach and promote perspiration ; as soon as this takes place the disorder will show itself on the outside. By continuing to keep the determining power to the surface, nature will take its regular course, and the disease will go off without injuring the constitution. If the bowel3 appear to be disordered, give an injection ; and be careful to kee/i the fiatient vjarm,