Practice of physic ... / with notes ... To which are added, the discoveries made in physic since the time of Dr. Cullen ... Including also the laws of the animal economy, and doctrines of pneumatic medicine. By R.J. Thornton.

  • Cullen, William, 1710-1790
Date:
1816
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Credit: Practice of physic ... / with notes ... To which are added, the discoveries made in physic since the time of Dr. Cullen ... Including also the laws of the animal economy, and doctrines of pneumatic medicine. By R.J. Thornton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PA&g CURE OF INFLAMMATORY, AND PUTRID FEVERS,... 1 Preliminary Observations ............................... ib. Three Indications of Cure 2 How the first Indication is to be promoted ............... ib. How the Action of the Heart and Arteries is to be di- minished ............. 3 The Antiphlogistic Regimen ............................. Ib. Of other stimulant Powers 6 The Antiphlogistic Regimen proper in all Fevers S Sedative Powers ib. The Admission of cold Air 9 The Employment of Acids 10 Neutral Salts ib. Sugar of Lead rejected 11 Lessening the Tension, or Tone of the System ib. On Blood-letting - 12 When to be employed ib. Proper Cautions respecting it —. 13 Several Considerations necessary 1* Manner in which Venesection should be performed 15 Of Purges ib. The Modus Operandi explained ib.