Practical observations on the small pox, apoplexy, and dropsy. In a series of letters to ... Albert Haller / [S.A.D. Tissot].

  • Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David), 1728-1797.
Date:
1772
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    [ >9 ] t t * • the minor doubtful, the conclufion falfe, A& fleep cools the healthy by preventing the caufes of heat, fo it repairs the flrength by repelling the caufes by which it was impair¬ ed ; but in a fever it is impaired by the dift* eafe which fleep does not leflen, and the in- ftruments of reparation are wanting; it therefore adds nothing to the flrength, as dai¬ ly obfervation proves. In difeafes, thofe re- medies, truly, alone flrengthen, which con¬ quer the difeafe; the more the difeafe is de- preffed, the more the patient is flrengthened; and in a feVer, attended with putridity, a few ounces of lemon juice would be of more fer- vice for this purpofe than a week's fleep. However, do not imagine that I mean to rejedl all fleep, nay all opiates, in acute dif- £afes; no, far from it. I only mean, that frequently fleep, more frequently narcotics, are prejudicial to feverifh patients by increaf- ing the difeafe, and weakening the flrength of the remedies. It frequently happens, and has happened to me very lately, that we ob~ ferve perfons in fevers, who, wrongly advif- ed, have taken an opiate in the evening, after having palfed a bad night, much worfe in the morning; on the contrary I have known excellent effedts from opium, when adminh