Observations on the use and abuse of mercurial medicines in various diseases / by James Hamilton ; with notes and an appendix by Ansel W. Ives.

  • Hamilton, James, 1767-1839.
Date:
1821
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    partial or universal, a small, quick, and sometimes intermitting pulse, occasional vomiting, a pale contracted countenance, a sense of coldness ; hut the tongue is seldom furred, nor are the vital or natural functions much disordered. It may he alleged, that these are extreme cases, and it must he admitted, that in many instances, those very violent effects do not follow. Deli- cate individuals, however, particularly those who have heen accustomed to a sedentary life, and, therefore, in an especial degree, females, gene- rally experience, after a course of mercury, va- rious modifications of disordered feelings, com- municating the idea of imaginary diseases, which unfit them for the duties of life, and render exis- tence a burden. Among the anomalous complaints arising from this cause, may be enumerated, impaired or ca- pricious appetite for food, with all the ordinary symptoms of indigestion, particularly retchings in the morning, and flatulency—disturbed sleep, with frightful dreams—impaired or depraved vi- sion—frequent aches and pains in different parts of the body—occasionally such sudden failure of strength, as if just dying, and at other times vio-