A dissertation upon the cholera infantum : to which are added, rules and regulations, as preventive means of the autumnal diseases of children : which gained the Boylstonian prize, for the year 1803 / by James Mann.

  • Mann, James, 1759-1832.
Date:
1804
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    3° no one article of the materia medica is fo eligible as ipecacuanha, as it produces its operation without de- bilitating the ftomach, and irritating the delicate coats of the inteflines, which is often experienced from the antimonial emetics. For cathartics, are employed calomel, the princi- pal to be relied upon ; manna ; fome of the neutral falts have been recommended for this purpofe ; thofe in particular which have for their bafis pot- am ; viz. fulphite of pot-ajh, (vitriolated tartar) tart- rite ofpot-ajh (foluble tartar) acidulous tartrite ofpot-ajh, (cream of tartar.) Thefe alkaline falts are fuppofed to be decompounded by the acids, which predom- inate in the alimentary canal, while their alkaline bafes feize on them, and neutralize them, and in this ftate are expelled from it. But, for the intention of correcting acids, a weak folution of carbonate ofpot-ajh (vegetable fixed alkali) orfoda, (marine alkali) fhould be repeated at intervals of two or three hours, according to the exigencies of the cafe. This dilute folution of al- kali may be employed, during the operation of vomiting, whether excited by the diforder, or by art; while the water, in which the alkali is dif- folved, dilutes the offending materials, the alkali is employed in neutralizing the acids, and, by com- bining with them, prevents their ill effects. Alka- lies remove the fenfation of heat and burning, which often accompanies fevere forms of this dif- eafe. II. For the purpofe of fulfilling our fecond inten- tion, which is to allay inflammation, and alleviate the other injuries, which the alimentary canal may have fuffered, from the feveral caufes of the dif- eafe; we employ mercurials. At firft adminifter a full dofe of calomel for a cathartic ; this not only purges away putrid colluvies, congeftions, and acidities, but when there is an obftruction of the duclus choledochus, it may remove it. Here a repc