Researches respecting the medical powers of chlorine, particularly in diseases of the liver ; with an account of a new mode of applying this agent, by which its influence can be secured / by William Wallace.

  • Wallace, William, 1791-1838.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Researches respecting the medical powers of chlorine, particularly in diseases of the liver ; with an account of a new mode of applying this agent, by which its influence can be secured / by William Wallace. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    It is well known, that many poisons affect in- ternal organs, when applied to the skin. But it is not merely the power of acting on the system by medicated frictions, that has been satisfactorily ascertained—the beneficial influence of these frictions, in the treatment of disease^ is also established. They have been used with the greatest success ip. many cases, viz. In intermittents and other forms of fever, by Chrestien, Alibert, &c. In various chronic inflammations of mucous membranes, by Faces, Chrestien, &c. In dropsy, by Brera, Ballerini, Rogery, Archbold-Aspol, Dumeril, Chiarenti. Their utility in various inflammations of the fibrous structures, as rheumatism, &c., is daily ob- served : they have been used with particular success, in these cases, by Thebal. In various diseases of menstruation, medicated frictions on the abdomen and loins have been found extremely beneficial by Thebal, Chres- tien, &c. In many affections called nervous, as epilepsy,