The medical pocket-book : containing a short but plain account of the symptoms, causes, and methods of cure, of the diseases incident to the human body. Including such as require surgical treatment : together with the virtues and doses of medicinal compositions and simples ; extracted from the best authors, and digested into alphabetical order / by John Elliot, M.D.

  • Elliot, John, 1747-1787.
Date:
1791
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Credit: The medical pocket-book : containing a short but plain account of the symptoms, causes, and methods of cure, of the diseases incident to the human body. Including such as require surgical treatment : together with the virtues and doses of medicinal compositions and simples ; extracted from the best authors, and digested into alphabetical order / by John Elliot, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ftimulating plaifters to the feet, firft bathing them with warm water. If hiccups, ]u\. e mcfch. While the pulfe is high, and inflammatory, fymp- toms continue, the antiphlogiftic treatment, cool- ing febrifuge?, acids, and gentle aperients are pro- per. But care muft be taken not to bring the patient too low, elfe he will want ftrcngth to car- ry him through the difeafe. Gentle opiates may b; ordered at night occafionally in cafe of reft- lefTnefs. If the pulfe finks, he mould be fupporl- ed with proper cordials. Coftivenefs fhould be -avoided, and even.a., purging fhould be checked., with caution, being generally cither critical, or rt leaft falutary. The prefent and paft fymptoms comoared, will beft direct the treatment rn fevers. DilutingaciJulated liquids are properT the food may be panada, gruels, puddings, and chicken broth, with bread, but no flefli. Food or liquids particularly longed for fhould be given. Care fhould be taken to avoid too great heat and impure air. FEVER. Intermittent. See Ague. FEVER Miliary. Symptoms. Shivering, heat, lownefs of fpirits,, oppreffton about the prsecordia, fighing. On the third or fourth day the eruption (preceded by profufe fweat of a fourifh fmell, with tingling or pricking fenfation) appears, chiefly on the neck,, breaft, and back; of little bladders refembling millet-feeds, (from whence the fever is denomi- nated)