An essay on angina pectoris / by John Henry M'Farlane.

  • M'Farlane, John Henry.
Date:
1806
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Credit: An essay on angina pectoris / by John Henry M'Farlane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TREATMENT. Having thus briefly mentioned the symp- toms and causes of Angina Pectoris, it re- mains for me to consider the treatment. In entering upon this part of my subject, it is painful for me to observe, that very little success in its cure, has as yet been attained. In vain have been the observations, of the most eminent Physicians, in vain the infer- ences drawn from dissection, and in vain the administration of those remedies, which theo- retical hypothesis may have suggested for its cure. In spite of all endeavours, the dis- ease still remains one of the opprobria of medi- cine ; controversies are already agitated con- cerning the nature of the complaint; while some eminent in their nrofession, declare it to be the offspring of gout, others of equal res- pectability, assert the contrary. It would be equally foreign to my purpose, or inclination,