Further observations on the internal use of the hydro-cyanic (prussic) acid : in pulmonary complaints; chronic catarrhs; spasmodic coughs; asthma; hooping-cough; and some other diseases. With full directions for the preparation and administration of that medicine / by A.B. Granville.

  • Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783-1872.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Further observations on the internal use of the hydro-cyanic (prussic) acid : in pulmonary complaints; chronic catarrhs; spasmodic coughs; asthma; hooping-cough; and some other diseases. With full directions for the preparation and administration of that medicine / by A.B. Granville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ™ ] properly discontinued it, as well as the use of all fermented liquors, from the commence- ment of the complaint. Case II.—Miss G-, aged 40, of a dark but sanguine complexion, a cheerful disposi¬ tion and irritable temperament, was attacked, upwards of two years ago. with that peculiar affection of the lining membrane of the tra¬ chea, which, in its last and ulcerative stage, has not inaptly been denominated Phthisis trachealis. She had been treated, during the early period of her disease on strictly anti¬ phlogistic principles, under my superintend¬ ance, with the occasional advice of Dr. Baillie> but so little benefit had resulted, that she lost all confidence in medicine, and scarcely any remedies had been employed for the last twelvemonth, except when the symptoms be¬ came unusually urgent. The diagnostic cha¬ racters of the complaint were hard cough, the sensation of dryness of the throat, an occa¬ sional dread of suffocation, and inflammation % without swelling of the fauces. These symp¬ toms, which were accompanied also with fever and great nervous irritability, never altogether subsided, although they abated at