A view of the mercurial practice in febrile diseases / by John Warren, M.D.

  • Warren, John, 1753-1815.
Date:
1813
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Credit: A view of the mercurial practice in febrile diseases / by John Warren, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MERCURIAL PRACTICE IN FEBRILE DISEASES. PART I. SECT. I. GENERAL HISTORY OF THE FRACTICE. The use of mercury in fevers was little known till about the middle of the last century ; and it is only within a few years, that it has been brought into general notice as a febrifuge, or, as some have con- sidered it, as a specific in kxtr of contagious cha- racter. It has, however, been gradually gaining admission into the practice of the first medical men in the United States, particularly in New England ; and, at length, constitutes a very important part of the curative treatment of these diseases. So numerous are the genera comprehended under the class of pyrexias, and so great a proportion do they bear to the whole catalogue of diseases ; that an inquiry into the history, local peculiarities, and pro- posed methods of cure, must for ever be one of the most interesting employments of the physician and the philosopher.