Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark, in the cure of agues and other fevers : Interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1782
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Credit: Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark, in the cure of agues and other fevers : Interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C iff I months, without being wholly diverted of its bitternefs and aflringency> could not eafily be fubdued in the blood-veflels; but would probably prove (at leaft in its native ftate) utterly incompatible with the laws of the fyftem. Dr. Frienu accordingly informs us, that no fooner had he injected two ounces of a decoctiori of this medicine into the jugular vein of a dog, than it prodaced fevere palpita- tions, convuHions, and death. * The Pro- vident Guardian of the human frame, thus kindly checks the wild career of afpiring mortals, when, through the mifts of boafted fcience, they blindly purfue de- vious paths that often lead to dangerous errors. Not that our refearches into the laws of the ceconomy, and the operation of medicines can be too deep,, or profecu- ted with too much ardour, fo long as we follow the clue of accurate obfervation, and draw no conclunons but what are fairly * En^rnenalog, c, xiy.