Elements of the practice of physic, for the use of gentlemen who attend lectures on that subject.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1784
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Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    The blood loofe in its texture, haemorrhages from the organs of fecretion, without marks of great excitement; eft'ufions under the fkin or cu- ticle, producing petechial and livid eruptions ; frequent loofe and foetid Itools, with little relief; foetid urine, and a general cadaverous fmell of the whole body. The fymptoms of violent aSilon are beft mo- derated by blood-letting. The effedt of bleeding is more immediately felt in reducing the inflammatory action, than any other evacuation. It requires much (kill to determine in what cafes it may always be fucccfsfully employed. It ought chiefly to be had recourfe to in the early ftage of fever. The young, the vigorous, and plethoric, bear it bell. H The fpring and w’inter feafons demand it moif. The' inflammatory diathefis is more prevalent in cold than warm climates, this however is not altogetlier a general rule, for in the warmelt countries, local inflammation, elpecially of the li-. ver, is more frequent and acute than in cold countries, and gives way, chiefly, to early bleed- ing. In epidemic and contagious difeafes much cau- tion is necefi'ary in the ufe of the lancet. An attention fhould be paid to the former dif- cafes and habits of the patient, Tne appearance of the blood, and the cffedls of blood-letting, which may have been already pradtifed, ought likevvife to regulate our condudl. The fudden and large evacuation often anfvvers beff, efpecially when taken away in a relaxed or fupine poll m e. Evacuation by Jlool likewife moderates the vio- lent aclion of the fyftem. 3