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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    cd with great faintnefs, the fpirit of ammonia is an ufeful remedy, along with the limple fait, in eryfipelas ; but I do not conceive it neceflary in fcarlatina. In flight cafes of erythema, any kind of mild alkali may anfwer; but, on the volatile alkali only can I fully depend in feverer attacks, and in fcarlatina maligna; and, as it fucceeds equal- ly well in milder cafes alfo, I generally have re- courfe to it; though in fome particular circum- ftances the others are highly ufeful. Thus then have I laid before my reader a faithful flatement of the mode of pra6lice which has been fo Angularly beneficial in the many cafes of eryfipelas, and of erythema, which have come under my care, fince I was firft led to adopt it. It would be imprudent in me to fay, pofitive- ly, that the volatile alkali is a fpecific in thefe diforders; but I certainly can fay that its efFe6ts have conftantly been fuch in my pra6tice, as powerfully