A letter to Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart. physician to the King, &c. &c. &c. from Sir Anthony Carlisle, surgeon extraordinary to His Majesty, &c. &c. 7c. On blisters, rubifacients and escharotics : giving an account of the employment of an instrument adapted to transmit a defined degree of heat, to effect those several purposes.

  • Carlisle, Anthony, Sir, 1768-1840.
Date:
1826
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Credit: A letter to Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart. physician to the King, &c. &c. &c. from Sir Anthony Carlisle, surgeon extraordinary to His Majesty, &c. &c. 7c. On blisters, rubifacients and escharotics : giving an account of the employment of an instrument adapted to transmit a defined degree of heat, to effect those several purposes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    tn If curiosity should ask the reason of these occurrences, the answer is, that the scarf-skin is an insensible film, spread over the sensible exterior of the living body, to protect it against unceasing and unavailing sensations; but, when certain noxious stimulants penetrate this boun- dary, other provisions are ready; the rapid interposition of an effused fluid between the sensible part and the offending substance, im- mediately places them at a distance;—or, when the hurtful object acts slowly, then a defence is gradually made by additional layers of the cuticle. The blistered hands of the unaccus- tomed rower, and the callous palms of the veteran boatman, exemplify these two natural modes of protection. In the employment of cantharides for blis- tering, a strangury sometimes follows, which may prove to be more troublesome than the disease for which the remedy had been or- dered. In all inflammatory or irritable affections of the urinary organs, cantharides are ob-