Propositions relating to diseases of the stomach / [Jonathan Osborne].
- Osborne, Jonathan, 1795-1864
- Date:
- 1845
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Propositions relating to diseases of the stomach / [Jonathan Osborne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![indulged, it is only that by the alleviation of the violence of tlie symptoms, the heart may recover the shock sufficiently, to })ersevere in the performance of its functions to the longest ])eriod of which the vital foi ces are capable. In particular, we must beware of administering by the mouth stimulating medicines, which, passing into the peritoneum, produce a dreadful increase of torment. This happened in the case of MissB., in whom the mustard emetic and turpentine draught, found in the peritoneum, must have greatly aggravated her sufferings. At this crisis little remains for us but to admi¬ nister opiates, to apply fomentations, and when the heart’s action begins to fail, to endeavour to protract it to the utmost by means of wine and other cordials, administered in the form of enema. THE END.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30369897_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
