On epistaxis and the haemorrhoidal flux : their pathogenic unity and identity of cure / by Alexander Harkin.

  • Harkin, Alexander.
Date:
1892
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Credit: On epistaxis and the haemorrhoidal flux : their pathogenic unity and identity of cure / by Alexander Harkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    globules and fibrin, confessedly present in insufficient proportion ; while the blister is as powerfully depletive, leaving untouched the haemoglobin. In conclusion, although professional men are often •chargeable with marked reluctance in admitting the relation between cause and effect, between remedy and cure, yet from the uniform sequence of events that attends the revulsive method of treatment in epistaxis and the luemorrhoidal flux, I think I may safely claim for it the title of a reliable remedy. In the words of Peter Latham :a '■The treatment of diseases is in fact a part of their pathology. What they can bear, the kind and strength of the remedy, and the changes which follow its application, are among the surest teste of their nature and tendency. * Diseases of the Heart. Author's preface, page 38.