Observations on the prevention and treatment of epidemic fever, at present prevailing in this Metropolis and most parts of the United Kingdom. To which are added remarks on some of the opinions of Dr. Bateman. And others, on the same subject ... / [Henry Clutterbuck].

  • Clutterbuck, Henry, 1767-1856.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Observations on the prevention and treatment of epidemic fever, at present prevailing in this Metropolis and most parts of the United Kingdom. To which are added remarks on some of the opinions of Dr. Bateman. And others, on the same subject ... / [Henry Clutterbuck]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are likely to have a material and beneficial influence upon the treatment of the disease, I should not presume to solicit his or the public attention to them. But in truth, they will be found to have the strongest bearing upon practice, which will ever be wavering and unsteady till founded on a just pathology. A. great revolution is taking place in the treatment of this disease. Blood-letting, which, but a few years ago, was looked upon with abhorrence in the cure of contagious fever, and the utility of which is still far from being generally appreciated, is proved, by ample testimony, to be not only the most powerful, but the safest of remedies ; that is, when conducted upon proper principles, and regulated by a due regard to circum- stances. The practice, however, I am wil- _ ling to admit, requires much caution, and many limitations; which nothing but a knowledge of the principles upon which it is founded can sufficiently make us ac- quainted with. Without these, it is liable to _abuse,,and, not improbably, will in conse- quence be again abandoned, as has formerly