Medical cases and remarks. Part I, On the free use of nitre in haemorrhagy / [Thomas Gibbons].

  • Gibbons, Thomas, active 1775-1799
Date:
1799
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Credit: Medical cases and remarks. Part I, On the free use of nitre in haemorrhagy / [Thomas Gibbons]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In addition to thefe cafes fome medical obfervations are given, i and inftances related, where vio¬ lent haemorrhages from the lungs, ftoinach, and uterus, have been, aimed immediately, retrained by large doles of nitre. Biliary obftruftions from gall Clones are not only excruciatingly painful when a calculus has got fo far into the du£t as to prevent the bile from palling into the intefline, but, what are the mel¬ ancholy effects ? Not often in¬ flammation indeed, but frequent-