The people's doctors : a review / by 'The people's friend.'.

  • Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852.
Date:
1830
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Credit: The people's doctors : a review / by 'The people's friend.'. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    or spasms, put half a tea-spoonful of the nerve powder mto each dose given, and ii.to the injection. In violent cases, where immediate re- lief is needed, IV os. 1,2, 3, and 6, may be given together. Injections; may be administered at all times and in all cases of disease to advan- tage; it can never do harm, and in many cases, they are indispi-usably necessary, especially where there is canker and inflammation in the bowels, and there is danger of mortification, in which case, add a tea-spoonful of No. 6. Incases of this kind, the injection should be given first, or at the same time of giving the composition, or No. 3. In this way the doctor proposes, as wc have said, to cure nearly all diseases. Let us take a few examples from the back of his book:— Thisdisease is very common, especially among children, and is of- ten attended with bad consequences, when not properly treated. It is a high state of canker and putrefaction; and if the determining pow- ers are kept to the surface, it will make its appearance on the outside, and go off itself; but if cold overpowers the inward heat, so as to turn the determining powers inward, the disease will not make its appear- ance, aDd the patient will become much distressed, frequently pro ducing fatal consequences, if some powerful stimulant is not adminis- tered to bring the disorder out. To give physic in cases of this kind is very dangerous, as it strengthens the power of cold and keeps the canker and putrefaction inside, which sometimes scats upon the lungs and causes consumption; or turns to the stomach and bowels, when they die suddenly, as has been the case with hundreds, for a few years past. I have attended a great many cases of the measles in the course of my practice, and never lost one; and never have known of any that have died of this disorder, who were attended by any of my agents. When the symptoms make their appearai.ee, give a dose of the composition powder, or of No. 2; then give the tea of No. 3, to guard against canker, and add some No. 2,to overpower the cold; and when the second do9e is given, add No. 1, to clear the stomach and promote perspiration; as soon as this takes place, the disorder will show itself on the outside. By continuing to keep the determining power to the surface, nature will take its regular course, and the dis- ease will go off without injuring the constitution. If the bowels ap- pear to be disordered, give an injection; and be careful to keep the patient warm. SMALL pox. This disease is the highest state of canker and putrefaction, which the human body is capable of receiving, and is the most contagious being taken in with the breath, or may be commuuicated by inocula- tion, in which case it is not so violent and dangerous as when taken in the natural way. The distressing and often fatal consequences that have happened in cases of the small pox, are more owin* to the manner in which it has been treated than to the disease. The fash- ionable mode of treatment in this disease has been to give physic arid reduce the strength, by starving the patient and keeping them cold. This is contrary to common sense, as it weakens the friend and streng- thens the enemy; and the same cause would produce similar effects in