Rough notes on remedies / by Wm. Murray.

  • Murray, William, 1839-1920
Date:
1897
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Credit: Rough notes on remedies / by Wm. Murray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    miscuous and indefinite enough to bewilder and lead astray the most penetrating mind. Each suggested remedy ought to be accom- panied by a statement of the method to be used in giving it, and the various modifications of its use, and its combinations, if any really valuable knowledge is to be conveyed. Take such an ailment as neuralgia and we see this sort of thing under the head of treatment:— Quinine if the patient is enfeebled, iron if anaemic, arsenic is tilso useful in the above condition, the acute pain may be allayed by belladonna, opium, aconite, chloral, or the various bromides ; this is followed by a re- mark that if the secretions are out of order they must be corrected, and any constitu- tional tendency, such as gout or rheumatism, must be met by appropriate remedies for these conditions ! Now where is the young prac- titioner to begin with such a chart of sailing orders? The chances are he will drive his patient half mad by a strong dose of quinine,
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