A short account of some of the principal hospitals of France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands : with remarks upon the climate and diseases of those countries / By H. W. Carter.

  • Carter, H. W. (Harry William), 1787-1863.
Date:
1819
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Credit: A short account of some of the principal hospitals of France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands : with remarks upon the climate and diseases of those countries / By H. W. Carter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    abandoned. The use of the dig-italis, however, as an external application was long-enough per- severed in for it to have manifested its elfects in some way or other, had it been of a good qua- lity *. In a case of phthisis 1 found the digitalis of the neighbourhood of Nice of no use whatever, either in tincture or powder, in the doses to tvhich we are accustomed in this country. '^Hie tincture whicli I had brought from England did alTect the jndse in some degree, though it had been badly kept, and its powers were doubtless impaired. Speaking of the climate of Nice I have re- marked that an intelligent medical man, an inha- bitant,of the place, considered it unfavourable to persons in confirmed consumption, and tliat what 1 had observed myself strongly inclined me to co- incide with him in opinion. He seemed to ima- gine that the sea air was too stimulating for such patients. I observed tliat M. Risso was not sin- gular in his opinion, that the sea air is rather * Tliat is, supposing its external application ever to be of service.