The family physician; or, advice with respect to health. Including directions for the prevention and cure of acute diseases / Extracted from Dr. Tissot.

  • Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David), 1728-1797
Date:
1810
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Credit: The family physician; or, advice with respect to health. Including directions for the prevention and cure of acute diseases / Extracted from Dr. Tissot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    joining.due exorcise and suitably .diet. ¥¥.hqn:it(pre,« vaiJs in a severer degreei5i)'and th^-p(itient'is.,|i6t.^p young; a quarter of ;uyp\mt;c‘n\ay be'safely y^nturejl on : certain ' hitters‘ojr aromatips.inqy b.e joiijefl. to the Tilings,,which are numbered in the Appendix, 54, 5f5, 56, arid constitute ,t most effectual remedies in this distemper, to be taken.in yhyfprm of powder, .yf vinousjinfusion; or ,,o| When there,j,s a just nidicat'ioh to bring (townAhe discjiarge,, the Vi- nous infusion, NjQ. 5.5f, must’he given, and igenejal- ly'succeeds • but I must again repeat it, (4s it should 'carefully lje'cpnsidered) thatdt^e stoppage of this dis- charge is frequently the effect, not the cause, of this disease ; and that there should be no attempt to force it down, which, in such a case^ may sometimes,prove more hurtful than beneficial...; sitjcejit wpi^ld, return of its own accord wjt& t]je ,s.fi;engtji of'thyjpa,- ’fient: there are ,$ojaie pqfef particularly., in hich ft would be highly danger,ops, .to. u?e hot ajjdj Active medicines ; such c'asfs, for .in^tan^e,, as, are attended with gre'yj, leanness and considerably thirst : all which complaints should be removed, before auy hot medi. cines are given to force this yvacuation,. which many Very ignorantly imagine .cures all other female, disor- ders ; an error, thathaS occasioned the loss,of many women’s lives. i, . • § 247. The other sort oTofesfructian? described, § 240, Requires a very different treatment, bleeding, which is hurtful iirffie fornjflr sor$,;has,often removed this.' 'Bathing of the feet, the, pow ders, No, SO, and‘whey, have.frequently, (SUjCcye.dyd : iflut at.otlwx times, it.is necessary to accqqjlijodatq the- remedies and the method, to yeaph. yy^hicqhir case,, aud .to judge of it from, ijis o\vp,|peculiar piftiumstancevS anil appearances. , j ... |,... A,. . < d § 248. When thegy evacuation? qatnr,aJly cease thro’ age ;. if they. ,spop . suddenly, ,a?id alf at once, and had formerly flowed very largely, 1. Bleeding must be directed. 2. The usual quantity of food should be somewhat diminished, especially of flesh, of eggs, and of strong drink, * 3. Exercise should be increased.