Trallianus reviviscens: or, an account of Alexander Trallian ... Being a supplement to Dr. Freind's History of physick. In a letter to ... Sir Hans Sloane / [Edward Milward].

  • Milward, Edward, 1712?-1757
Date:
1734
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Credit: Trallianus reviviscens: or, an account of Alexander Trallian ... Being a supplement to Dr. Freind's History of physick. In a letter to ... Sir Hans Sloane / [Edward Milward]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    84- A LETTER ’ of fcarrifpngj as likewife Ctffping tte pain’d Part, and fays, that it is wonder* ful to oblerve how the fharpeft and mofl pungent Pains are by this means ap¬ peas’d, fa as not to ftand in need of any other Affiftancc. He would have the To* fical Applications made ufe of, to be difcujjive^ being an Enemy to Oxycraton ( which was frequently uled in his time by way of Fomentation^) or any thing elfe that is fharp and irritating^ becaufe fuch things are found greatly to encreafe the Diforder. He advifes the Patient to drink Melicraton^ which he affirms to be of fpecial Service in promoting £x- feUloration^ a Symptom that ought al^ ways to be carefully attended to in this Cafe. But if notwithftanding this, the Patient flhould expeftorate with Dif* ficulty, he then prefcribes a Decoffion of Orice-Root and Liquorice, as likewife Oxjimel boil’d up with Horehound, which feems to be an excellent Remedy for fuch an Intention. He difallows of jyiacodium, Phitonium, or any thing eFfe that has Opium in its Compofition, unlefs the Pain prove very urgent indeed, on Account of their incrajjating Quality, which