A treatise on the yellow fever, as it appeared in the Island of Dominica, in the years 1793-4-5-6: to which are added, observations on the bilious remittent fever, on intermittents, dysentery, and some other West India diseases; also, the chemical analysis and medical properties of the hot mineral waters in the same island / By James Clark, M.D.

  • Clark, James, -1819.
Date:
1797
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Credit: A treatise on the yellow fever, as it appeared in the Island of Dominica, in the years 1793-4-5-6: to which are added, observations on the bilious remittent fever, on intermittents, dysentery, and some other West India diseases; also, the chemical analysis and medical properties of the hot mineral waters in the same island / By James Clark, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pouring laudanum over the lint, and giving it by tea-fpoonfuls to drink, pulhing the mer- curial fridlions to the utmoft extent, and giv- ing plenty of wine; but all to no purpofe. The extremities were often rubbed with milliard, Cayenne pepper, and ginger, fleep- ed in rum, 6cc. As I found, from fad experience, that I could never cure this very dreadful difeafe, l thought of trying foine method of prevent- ing it. It occurred to me, that, probably .owing to its very rapid progrefs, there was not time to throw a fufficient quantity of mercury into the fyllem, to cure or over- come the great irritability or tendency to violent fpafmodic contractions in the muf- cular fibres. And as mercury feems to adt as a powerful antifpafmodic in lome other difeafes, I was difpofed to give it a fair trial* after accidents and operations, to prevent tetanus, knowing of no other remedy fo likely fo produce that happy effect. After wounds orpundtures I therefore gave two or three grains of calomel twice a-day, and drelfed