Manual of therapeutics / by L. Martinet ; translated, with alterations and additions, by Robert Norton.

Date:
1830
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Credit: Manual of therapeutics / by L. Martinet ; translated, with alterations and additions, by Robert Norton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    eruptive nature, the practitioner should wait for its devel- opement, without adopting any active treatment, unless to remove some urgent local symptom. Leeches may be applied behind the ears, on the outside of the throat, below the clavicles, or at the epigastrium; according as the symptoms are those of arachnitis, angina, bronchitis, or gastritis. Should there be great general reaction, which cannot be explained by the condition of any one organ in particular, the abstraction of a moderate quan- tity of blood from the arm, may be employed with much benefit Lastly, sinapisms, cold afifusion, and. the internal exhibition of stimulants, will be necessary in cases of ex- cessive prostration, not immediately dependent on active disease ; but in other circumstances, we should interfere no more than to promote the functions of the skin by di- luent drinks, pediluvia, or general bathing, until the disease assumes its decided character, when the formidable symp- toms, especially those of gastro-enteritis which preceded it, will often suddenly vanish- We must not therefore, when- ever.the internal mucous membranes exhibit signs of irrita- tion, hastily employ powerful antiphlogistic remedies, but bear in mind, that its natural tendency is to diminish, as eruption appears on the skin. Whenever an eruption suddenly recedes, and the reces- sion cannot be explained by any internal inflammation, the best means of restoring it, is the employment of a hot water or vapour bath. \Vfae:i Inea^iIes or Hcarlatina appears epidemically, it is c c 3