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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    ordinate action of the uterus, and not from the previous death of the foetus. On the other hand, the efficacy of mercury in curing the infant under all those various circum- stances, has been fully ascertained by the expe- rience of every practitioner who has attended to the subject. Where the male parent alone had formerly had the complaints alluded to, it was the practice of the late Mr. B. Bell, and of Dr. A. Hamilton, to put both parties under a course of mercury ; and the result certainly has been uniformly suc- cessful, the future progeny of the individuals having been born alive and healthy. But some cases several years ago occurred to the author, where, from circumstances, it was im- possible to adopt this plan, and he was compelled to limit the use of mercury to the male parent. He had the satisfaction of finding the experiment efficacious in the utmost degree, and since then he has always recommended the same treatment wherever he had conclusive evidence that the fe- male parent had never had any suspicious symp- toms.