A treatise on gunshot wounds / by Thomas Chevalier.

  • Chevalier, Thomas, 1767-1824.
Date:
1806
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on gunshot wounds / by Thomas Chevalier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    brown, or the bowels lax; the part in- flamed vesicating, or becoming livid, whe- ther this be more attended with the cha- racters of Erysipelas only, or of Gangrene also, there Bark, wine, brandy, spices, ami cordials must be liberally given ; and Opium also, according to the degree of pain, and irritability. The part injured must be - covered with cloths moistened with Spirituous Embrocations; or poul- tices made with Yeast, or antiseptic ve- getables, such as Bark, or Chamomile Flowers in powder, should be applied. If the Stomach in this case rejects ordi- nary food and medicine, advantage will frequently be obtained from the warmer spices; such, for example, as the Pulvis Aromaticus, a scruple of which may be given every three, four, or six hours. A pill with three or four grains of Camphor, and one grain of Opium, at the same, or longer intervals, according to circum- stances, will often .have the happiest ef-