A treatise on the diseases of females / by William P. Dewees.

  • Dewees, William P. (William Potts), 1768-1841.
Date:
1837
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of females / by William P. Dewees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wine, as Sherry, Teneriffe, or Madeira. The dose must be gra- dually increased, in those cases where a perseverance beyond four or five weeks becomes necessary. Should this medicine disturb the bowels too much, a few drops of laudanum must be added to each dose; but if, on the contrary, they should not be sufficiently opened, the addition of a little of the resin of jalap, or of powdered rhubarb, will be an improvement. As the tincture I employ is different from the tincture of the shops, I think it right to subjoin my formula. g*. Pulv. G. Guaiac. opt. §iv« Carbon, sod. vel potas. giss. Pulv. Piment. - - - £\. Alcohol, dilut. - - - {hi. dig-t.—for a few days. The volatile spirit of ammonia is to be added, pro re nata, in the proportion of a drachm, or two, to every four ounces of tinc- ture ; or less, or more, agreeably to the state of the system. M. Guibert highly recommends the use of Venice turpentine, in the amenorrhcea of feeble, nervous women of lymphatic tem- perament. He directs the following form for its exhibition:— £. Terebinth, veneta. gij. Sapo. venet. - - - gijj. Pulv. Rad. Glycyrrh. q. s. f. mass. div. in pil. lxxv.— Two to be taken every four hours. He says, that he is rarely obliged to continue this medicine be- yond twelve days, even in inveterate cases.t Dr. Lavagna has published a number of cases treated with in- jections of ammonia in solution. They are highly interesting, as they discover a new resource in this sometimes highly obsti- nate derangement of the menstrual action. He observes, If we consider the different medicinal sub- stances which compose the list of supposed emmenagogues, and the consequences which generally follow retarded or suppressed men- struat.cn; if we examine the mode in which these substances act on the human body, it will be readily perceived that the e mating influence of love, and the physical effects of a rational dulgence of the desires by which the species is reproduced' cor respond with the practical views by which we are guided i'n the * The spirits of turpentine has been found successful, according to Dr Elliot son, in th.s stoppage. He used an ounce of the spirits of turoentfn r flax-seed tea, or barley water as anenemata, ^ J^Tt , J & ^ the menses appeared. repeated twice, when ani- in- cor-