The medical guide1828 |
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... action of opium is represented by all as stimulating , and the sedative effect is considered a consequence of it . Cayenne and black pepper , applied to the surface of the body , are powerful stimulants , speedily occasioning ...
... action of opium is represented by all as stimulating , and the sedative effect is considered a consequence of it . Cayenne and black pepper , applied to the surface of the body , are powerful stimulants , speedily occasioning ...
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... action . When it was fashionable to attribute almost all the diseases to which man is liable to some corrupted state of the juices , as it is at this time to a vitiated state of the bile , or some morbid con → dition of the liver , the ...
... action . When it was fashionable to attribute almost all the diseases to which man is liable to some corrupted state of the juices , as it is at this time to a vitiated state of the bile , or some morbid con → dition of the liver , the ...
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... action of an aperient , the carbonate of soda is the best remedy , on account of the carbonic gas which escapes on mixing with the acid , allaying irritation in the mucous membrane of the stomach , and thereby quieting the whole system ...
... action of an aperient , the carbonate of soda is the best remedy , on account of the carbonic gas which escapes on mixing with the acid , allaying irritation in the mucous membrane of the stomach , and thereby quieting the whole system ...
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... action ; but by increasing the vital energy of the system , so as to resist any putrefactive disposi- tion that may exist in the body . The astringents , as the Peruvian bark and the sulphuric acid , may produce the effect by increas ...
... action ; but by increasing the vital energy of the system , so as to resist any putrefactive disposi- tion that may exist in the body . The astringents , as the Peruvian bark and the sulphuric acid , may produce the effect by increas ...
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... action , so as to occasion vomiting , and the same takes place when the brain is compressed , either by a fractured skull , or blood , or serum effused within the head , to an extent as to paralyse the whole nervous system . There is ...
... action , so as to occasion vomiting , and the same takes place when the brain is compressed , either by a fractured skull , or blood , or serum effused within the head , to an extent as to paralyse the whole nervous system . There is ...
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acetate acid action administered alcali allaying anodyne antimonial aperient apoplexy applied arteries astringent attended beneficial blister blood body bowels brain Buchu Leaves calomel camphorated chronic clyster cold consequence constitution consumption costiveness cough cure debility decoction diet digestion disease disorder ditto ditto ditto dose drachms drms drops effects efficacious emetic employed evacuation excitement extract fever flatulence frequently Gazette of Health gout grains Gum Arabic habit head increased indigestion inflammation inflammatory infusion intestinal canal intestines irritation jalap late laudanum leeches liquors liver lungs medicine membrane mercury mischief Mixture morbid nerves nervous system occasioned ointment ounces Oxymel pain patient Peruvian bark physicians pills pint plethoric practitioners prevent produce prove purgative quantity recommended rectum remedy rhatany rhatany root rheumatism rhubarb salt scrofulous skin spirit stimulating stomach sudorific sulphur symptoms Take taken termed Tincture tonic treatment twice a day ulcers urine vapour bath vegetable vessels vomiting warm wine
Popular passages
Page 227 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 328 - under various circumstances he has prescribed mercury, in very large quantities, and in a great number of cases ; and he never produced salivation, except in three instances, in any child under three years of age." Dr. Warren, of Boston, observes, "that he has never known an infant to be salivated, notwithstanding he has given in some cases, large quantities with this view.
Page 227 - Form'd to soft luxury, and prompt to thrill With all the tumults, all the joys and pains, That beauty gives ; with caution and reserve Indulge the sweet destroyer of repose, Nor court too much the queen of charming cares.
Page 169 - ... all over, but not stay in (with his head above water) longer than half a minute, if the water be very cold; after this he must go in three times a week for a fortnight longer.
Page 494 - Among other misfortunes, the scurvy made its appearance, and carried off great numbers. This, added to other calamities, induced the garrison to incline towards a surrender of the place, when the Prince of Orange, anxious to prevent its loss, and unable to relieve the garrison...
Page 495 - The effect of the delusion was truly astonishing ; for many were quickly and perfectly recovered. Such as had not moved their limbs for a month before, were seen walking the streets sound, straight, and whole. They boasted of their cure by the Prince's remedy.
Page 227 - Absence, distrust, or ev'n with anxious joy, The wholesome appetites and powers of life Dissolve in languor. The coy stomach loathes The genial board : your cheerful days are gone ; The generous bloom that flush'd your cheeks is fled. To sighs devoted and to tender pains, Pensive you sit, or solitary stray, And waste your youth in musing.
Page 408 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 429 - Hypochondriasis I would consider as being always attended with dyspeptic symptoms; and though there may be, at the same time, an anxious melancholic fear arising from the feeling of these symptoms, yet while this fear is only a mistaken judgment with respect to the state of the person's own health, and to the danger to be from thence apprehended, I would still consider the disease as a hypochondriasis, and as distinct from the proper melancholia; but when an anxious fear and despondency...