Volume 1

The general practice of physic: extracted chiefly from the writings of the most celebrated practical physicians ... To which is prefixed an introduction, containing inquiries relative to the patient ... / By R. Brookes.

  • Brooks, Richard, active 1740-1743.
Date:
1771
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Credit: The general practice of physic: extracted chiefly from the writings of the most celebrated practical physicians ... To which is prefixed an introduction, containing inquiries relative to the patient ... / By R. Brookes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    If the Urine is fmall in Quantity, gr. v- Sal. Sucdn. maybe added. Or, 10. R. Rad. Valerian. Sylvejl. Ccjlor. Croc. an. gr. iij. Afs- Foetid. gr, ij. M. f. Pulvis. When the Cafe is almofl defperate, 11. R.Mofch. gr. xv. Sal. Corn. C. gr. viij. Camph. gr. iv. f. Pulvis. If the Pulfe is carefully attended to, this Fever may be aN ways known, though it is apt to put on various Shapes, and will yield to the mild diaphoretic Remedies and moderate Cordials. Thus, Difficulty of Breathing, Naufeas, and Incli¬ nation to vomit, Diarrhoeas, with high-coloured, turbid U- rine, regular Exacerbations like Intermittents, Continual Fe¬ vers, Atrophy and Hedlic Fevers, Fits of the Cholic, Sup- preffion of the Menfes, &c. are only cafual Symptoms of this. Even Hemorrhages muft be only treated with Subaftringents. And Madnefs itfelf, the Confequence of this Difeafe, may be cured by the Extract of the Bark, and a few Grains of the Flores Martiales. Child-bed Women who have tills Fever, fhould never leave their Beds too foon, for they often have died fuddenly for want of obferving this Rule. The Stoppage of the Lochia may be removed with Sperm. Cet. Puh. Contra- yerv. and Croc. Rlifters and copious Bleedings in this Cate are fatal. Manningham. Of Epidemic, Catarrhal, Eruptive Fevers. <T' HE SE Fevers are continual but not violent: They are at- ** tended with a Proftration of Strength, Watching, Lofs of Appetite, and are fometimes joined with an Eruption of Spots on the Skin, arifing from the Plenty and inteftine DifFolution of ail excrementitiousStrum,not withoutContagionandDangerofLife. Thefe Fevers were called by the Ancients, continual, quotidian, ferous Fevers; and by fome of the Moderns, malignant catarrhal Fevers, becaufe they are mild atftrft, and attended with a Run¬ ning at the Nofe, a Catarrh, an Infarction of the Bread, and a Cough on the fi.ft Days, with Exacerbations at Night. At the Beginning of this Difeafe the Face of the Patient has a morbid AfpeCt, and he is out of Order three or four Days be¬ fore he takes to his Bed. He complains of a fpontanepus Wea- rinefs, a grievous Pain of his Body and Joints, as if his Bones were bruifed and broken 3 his Strength is languid, his Appetite V ’ is