Researches respecting the medical powers of chlorine gas, particularly in diseases of the liver ... with ... a description of the apparatus used for its administration / [William Wallace].

  • Wallace, William, 1791-1837 or 1838.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Researches respecting the medical powers of chlorine gas, particularly in diseases of the liver ... with ... a description of the apparatus used for its administration / [William Wallace]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RESEARCHES, &c. &c. Tjiere are few practitioners who have not had occasion to use applications of Nitro-muriatic acid” to the skin, in certain diseases of the liver, and in certain cases of syphilis, for which mercury had been administered without success ; or in which the patient was, from an impaired constitution, or from some peculiar idiosyncracy, unable to un¬ dergo its action. I believe it may be affirmed, that the general re¬ sult of experience respecting this remedy is, that, although its administration has, on some occa¬ sions, been followed by very considerable and very beneficial effects, on the constitution and on the disease, at other times no sensible action has resulted ; and, unless I am mistaken, many have had occasion to regret the loss of time spent in its fruitless employment.