Dissertations, On cynanche trachealis or croup, and On the functions of the extreme capillary vessels in health and disease : to which were awarded the Boylston premiums for the years 1820 and 1823 / by William Sweetser.

  • Sweetser, William, 1797-1875.
Date:
1823
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    if they have no materials to act upon ; like every part of our economy, they become enfeebled from inaction. Derange, then, whatever link you will in the digestive chain, the effect is felt throughout the whole, every link becomes disordered. Thus, then, we have shown that dyspepsia may often originate in the extreme ves- sels, perhaps, as often as in the digestive organs them- selves. Had we space, much more might be said on th°s subject of the sympathies of the capillary vessels. It would also be interesting to consider the action of remedies on them. Some act on them directly, as leeches, fomentations, the warm bath, &c. Others indirectly, as general bleeding, and vomiting. Nearly all, or perhaps all diseases are affected by our remedies through these vessels.