Practical information on St. Anthony's fire, or erysipelas : and on erythematous affections in general; as also on the measles; in which new modes of treatment are communicated / by E. Peart.

  • Peart, E. (Edward), 1756?-1824.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Practical information on St. Anthony's fire, or erysipelas : and on erythematous affections in general; as also on the measles; in which new modes of treatment are communicated / by E. Peart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    when I faw the patient. He had fever, dcli- *rium, pain, great reftleffhefs, and anxiety, and a frequent fenfation of faintnefs, with great de- bility and proftration of ftrength. He had had purgatives, falines, camphor, the bark, &c. with fomentations and embrocations of different kinds. The diforder, however, was rapidly gaining ground, and black floughs appeared upon the furfaces, expofed by the broken ve- licles. I treated the cafe much as the former, with the lotion, with the volatile alkali, and with tin<fture of opium and the volatile aromatic fpirit or fpirit of ammonia, as often as pain or refUeff- nefs made them neceflary. The patient foon found great relief; and, by perfifting in.the volatile alkali, in the ammoni- cal fpirit with the tin6lure of bark, and in the opiate, occafionally; with the external applica- tions, as in the former cafe; in a day or two the fever, fwelling, and inflammation were nearly gone, and he foon recovered his perfedl health. Many