Observations on the diseases of the liver, and on the effects of mercury in their treatment : with some account of the scrofulo-schirrus, or, consumption of the liver / by Thomas Mills.

  • Mills, Thomas.
Date:
1811
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Credit: Observations on the diseases of the liver, and on the effects of mercury in their treatment : with some account of the scrofulo-schirrus, or, consumption of the liver / by Thomas Mills. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    yessels^ they lessen the activity of those that are deep- seated, and by the derivation of fluids they occasion towards the surface, they serve to diminish inflammatory congestion.—But this is not the only way in which they are useful.: a diseased action subsists, a blister makes a contrary impression, a counter-movement is thu$ produced, and the diseased action overpowered.—In obstinate cases, not yielding to tlie use of the above re- jnedies, general blood-letting becomes necessary; the first bleeding should be moderate, six, eight, ox twelve ounces may answer the purpose, though local blood- letting to the same, or eyen to a greater amount may have failed ; for, the relief thus afforded does not solely depend on the quantity of blood drawn off, but on the change in- duced in the state and mode of acting: of the inflamed vessels—!-an effect often observed to follow a moderate general bleeding in obscure inflammation of the lungs in debilitated habits, and which may serve to con- vince the most timid practitioner of the safety and utility of the judicious Use of the lancet; in a similar condition of the Uver.--»With a view to illustrate this doctrine, and to shew how far it is practically beneficial, I have selected, out of many, the following cases : CASE. . In June 1809, I visited Miss B. 22 years old, of a sanguine temperament;—she had complained for some weeks