The reformed practice of medicine : as taught at the reformed medical colleges in the city of New York, at Worthington, Ohio, and all the reformed schools in the United States : containing all the practice of Dr. Beach of New York, of the celebrated Dr. Bone of New Jersey, and other celebrated botanic practitioners / by professors and members of the reformed medical colleges in New York and Worthington, Ohio.

Date:
1831
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Credit: The reformed practice of medicine : as taught at the reformed medical colleges in the city of New York, at Worthington, Ohio, and all the reformed schools in the United States : containing all the practice of Dr. Beach of New York, of the celebrated Dr. Bone of New Jersey, and other celebrated botanic practitioners / by professors and members of the reformed medical colleges in New York and Worthington, Ohio. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    00 General dropsy. TREATMENT. The same remedies may be used in this, as in hydro* thorax. If they should fail, purge freely, and give the diuretic decoction. Hydragogue tincture, a decoction of Indian hemp, or the hydragogue pill. Much advan- tage has attended the use of whortlcbery tincture, and also a tincture of juniper berries. Much dependance is put on brisk purging, if the constitution will bear it ; and diuretics or medicine to increase the flow of water. The vapor bath fomentation, and the promotion of per- spiration, are of great importance in all cases of dropsy. ANASARCA, OK GENERAL DROPSY. Anasarca commonly begins with a swelling of the feet and ankles, only in the evening, disappearing again in the morning. The swelling is soft and inelastic, and wher pressed with the finger, will pit like dough, the impre^'of- remaining for some time. The swelling gradually ascends and occupies the legs, thighs, trunk of the body, and sometimes also the head. The skin is pale and dry, there is great thirst, the urine diminished in quantity, and highly colored, the body costive,-and in advanced stages of the disease, a considerable degree of dispnote, cough and slow fever ensues. TREATMENT. The treatment of this disease, is the same as the two preceding. In all cases, the practitioner, by tracing the origin of this disease, and weighing accurately the accom- panying symptoms, must form lor himself some idea of its proximate came. He will thus occasionally find thr necessity of supporting the system, instead oflouering it, and to effect this, he will have recourse to tonics, such as restorative cordial, wine bitters, &c. The Alter- ative fryrrup will he given with much advantage in sow* cases.