Volume 1

A treatise on febrile diseases. Including intermitting, remitting, and continued fevers ; eruptive fevers, inflammations, hemorrhages, and the profluvia ... / by A. Philip Wilson.

  • Philip, Alexander Philip Wilson, 1770-1847
Date:
1799-1804
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Credit: A treatise on febrile diseases. Including intermitting, remitting, and continued fevers ; eruptive fevers, inflammations, hemorrhages, and the profluvia ... / by A. Philip Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    but they are mnuibhai less used now than for merly. | It is not many years since it was a com~ mon practice to employ blisters as a stimu- Jus in this fever, and many of ‘the older - practitioners: still employ them with. this view. It is now very generally admitted, however, that their stimulating effect is trifling, and never perhaps compensates for the irritation and trouble they occasion. Dr. Cullen’ observes, that, the general sti- mulating effect of blisters must be inconsi- derable, since they are found of so much. ‘service in cases of local inflammation. | The serpentaria, cascarilla, and colomba have long been celebrated medicines in ty- phus. ‘These seem to act ina manner similar to the bark. Like it, their stimulating effect -is chiefly exerted on the nervous system. ‘They are occasionly useful; but in modern practice, at least in this country, they have been nearly superseded by the more power- ful remedies, bark and wine. When how- ever the bark cannot be taken in any form without oppressing the stomach, some. of these