A physical essay on the animal oecomomy. Wherein the circulation of the blood, and its causes are particulary consider'd, also what assistance the heart and lungs give thereto ... To which are added, some ... remarks on inflammatory disorders / [Francis Penrose].

  • Penrose, Francis, 1718-1798
Date:
1754
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Credit: A physical essay on the animal oecomomy. Wherein the circulation of the blood, and its causes are particulary consider'd, also what assistance the heart and lungs give thereto ... To which are added, some ... remarks on inflammatory disorders / [Francis Penrose]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Back Ach, Latitude, Third:, Naufea and Vo» miting. Now, as it is obferved amongd the poorer Sort of People, where Nature is left to itfelf, that the later the Small Pox appear fo much the more favourable will the Diforder be, unlefs their Appearance is prevented by fome violent Symp¬ toms, viz. If they appear within the fir ft twenty four Hours, or the fird Day of Seifure, they are mortal; if within the fecond, extremely dange¬ rous ; if within the third, lefsfc; but if on the fourth Day, or later, they are generally of the didindt Sort, and without Danger. So, knowing this from Experience and Obfervation, and dill remembering that general Rule, never to oppofe nor contradict, but always to endea¬ vour to afiid Nature in her Operations, we mud know that the proper Method in this Stadium mud be as Nature diredts; fird to vomit; if the Patient is plethoric, to bleed, then give Plenty of opening diluting Liquids, thereby to empty the Stomach and Bowels, and alfo promote a gentle Perfpiration, and by that Means lowering the Variolous, or inflammatory Fever- whereby the Small Pox is retarded in its appearance. This Method fliould be continued till the End of the lixth Day from the Seifure, about which Time they wall be all out * The want of following the Dilates of Nature, in this Diforder, but on the contrary giving hot Medicines in this Stadium of the Small Pox, (as is often the Method amongft Nurfes) I am fatisfied, has encreafed the Fever fo much as to be the Death of many Thoufands, as ‘effedtually as if they had taken RatVbane. About