Medicina vindicata, or, Reflections on bleeding, vomiting, and purging : in the beginning of fevers, small-pox, pleurisies, and other acute diseases / By a Fellow of the College of Physicians in Dublin.

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin.
Date:
1728
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Credit: Medicina vindicata, or, Reflections on bleeding, vomiting, and purging : in the beginning of fevers, small-pox, pleurisies, and other acute diseases / By a Fellow of the College of Physicians in Dublin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Stomach, and would have endeavoured to remove the ObftruCtions by a futable Me¬ thod. The other Cafe was of a Child about four Years old, apparently in a perfeft State of Health, whole Mother, under concern that the Boy did not eat his Breakfaft as hear¬ tily as he ufed to do, fent for an Operator, allowed by the good Women to be very skilful in Childrens Diforders, (and indeed the weaker and more ignorant the Quack or Phyftcian is, he is generally fuppofed the bet¬ ter to underhand the Difeafes of Children) who without further Enquiries gave the Child a Vomit, of which he died under the Ope¬ ration. Upon opening the Head, it was found a Vein had burfls in the Retching and Strain¬ ing to Vomit. Thefe are fad Inftances of Ignorance and Prefumption, for which the poor deluded People pay dearly here 5 but Purely the Authors ot their Misfortunes will be called to a fevere Account in another Place. There feems to be a near Refem- blance between them and thofe barbarous Inhabitants of Sea Coafts, who, when there is a Storm, light up Fires in the Night, to, entice diftreffed Ships to a deftruCtive Shore: The Difference indeed is, that thofe Barbari¬ ans have nothing elfe in View but to deftrdy and plunder 5 whereas unqualified Practitio¬ ners may defign well, though it is certain they light up their Fires (and that for the Sake of Profit