Practical information on St. Anthony's fire, or erysipelas : and on erythematous affections in general; as also on the measles; in which new modes of treatment are communicated / By E. Peart.

  • Peart, E. (Edward), 1756?-1824.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Practical information on St. Anthony's fire, or erysipelas : and on erythematous affections in general; as also on the measles; in which new modes of treatment are communicated / By E. Peart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( *9 ) A medical gentleman had been immediately called in, who had recourfe to the ufual modes ©f treatment—falines, purgatives, opiates, dia¬ phoretics, antimonials, he. with various external applications of the cooling kind. The patient had been three days under this mode of treatment when I was confulted. He had been taking mercury, with febrifuges, till the bowels were conliderably purged; and opium was then given to moderate that efFedt. I found him with conliderable fever, the pulfe one hun¬ dred, great third:, and great debility. The in¬ flammation, pain, and fwelling, were now ra¬ pidly increaflng. Several large bliflers had ap¬ peared during the laid: twelve hours, and were furrounded by a livid but deep red. Some purg¬ ing flill continued. I ordered an opiate to be given, as often as it was found neceflary, to moderate the purging, or to remove great anxiety, pain, or reflleflnets. c z I im~