Considerations on the medicinal use and on the production of factitious airs / by Thomas Beddoes, M.D. : part II ; by James Watt, engineer .... ; to which are added communications from Doctors Carmichael, Darwin, Ewart, ... and others.

  • Beddoes, Thomas, 1760-1808.
Date:
1795
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Credit: Considerations on the medicinal use and on the production of factitious airs / by Thomas Beddoes, M.D. : part II ; by James Watt, engineer .... ; to which are added communications from Doctors Carmichael, Darwin, Ewart, ... and others. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( »57 ) lowed its ufe ; it has alfo been found to heighten the complexion. Mr. Barr’s patient, and Mr. Atwood, furnifli ftriking prool of its power to improve fome debilitated conftitutibns. Both communications af-' ford inllruftion refpeftmg the dofe, which requires much vigilance. In the former of thefe cafes it was necefTary to leffen the quantity ; and in Mr. Atwood’s imerefling journal, though we have unfortu- nately no precife information on this head, there are particulars that feem to firew that he proceeded to the utmoft verge of prudence. Thefe examples will en- courage further trial in different forts and ftages of debility. This elaftie fluid deferves to be oppofed to the approach and to the infirmities of old age, efpecially where the extremities are habitually cold. A quart inhaled every day, for a few weeks, and repeated from lime to time, as the patient’s feelings fhall dire£l, bids fair to contribute to the comfort and prolongation of life. Its employment in chlorofis, will, I trull, be continued with fuccefs. I am authorized to fay, that a remarkable cure of hyfleria will be related in the 2d vol. of Mr. Towiiffend’s Guide to Health. Its power in the lafl flage of maligna'nt and nervous feveis, ought to be afcertained in the courfe of anbther year. In palfy, fa£l does not yet appear to coincide, as could be wjfhed, with expetlation. We may very falely' put a paralytic patient on a courfe of oxygene air; but we fhould begin with vciy fmall dofes, and be aliv'e to fufpicion To prevent groundlefs alarm,, I mufl add, that I have no other reafon to give this warning, than what is already before the reader, (See p. 6g, 70).—In paralyfis of the abforbents, occafioning L3 anafarca