An eulogium upon Benjamin Rush, M.D., professor of the institutes and practice of medicine and of clinical practice in the University of Pennsylvania : who departed this life April 19, 1813, in the sixty-ninth year of his age : written at the request of the Medical Society of South Carolina, and delivered before them and others, in the Circular Church of Charleston, on the 10th of June, 1813, and published at their request / by David Ramsay, M.D. member of the South Carolina Medical Society.

  • Ramsay, David, 1749-1815.
Date:
1813
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Credit: An eulogium upon Benjamin Rush, M.D., professor of the institutes and practice of medicine and of clinical practice in the University of Pennsylvania : who departed this life April 19, 1813, in the sixty-ninth year of his age : written at the request of the Medical Society of South Carolina, and delivered before them and others, in the Circular Church of Charleston, on the 10th of June, 1813, and published at their request / by David Ramsay, M.D. member of the South Carolina Medical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    remedies as act upon the whole system. He observes that the symptoms which mark its first stage should be carefully studied, not only by physicians, but by the parents and friends of those who have a hereditary predisposition to the complaint. These are a slight fever increased by the least exercise, a burning and dryness in the palms of the hands, rheumy eyes upon waking from sleep, a dryness of the skin, more espe- cially of the feet in the morning; an occasional flush- ing in one, and sometimes in both cheeks; a hoarse- ness; a slight or acute pain in the breast; a fixed pain in one side, or shooting pains on both sides; headach; occasional sick and fainty fits; a deficiency of appetite,, and a general indisposition to exercise or motion of every kind. The remedies for consumption in this stage of the disease, are simple and certain. They consist in a desertion of all the remote and exciting causes of the disorder, particularly sedentary employments, damp or cold situations, and whatever tends to weaken the system. When from ignorance or neglect the disease has been suffered to advance to its inflammatory state, he recommends blood-letting, a vegetable diet, cool- ing medicines, a dry situation, country air distant from the sea. The higher and drier the situation which is chosen for the purpose of enjoying thi benefit of this remedy the better. A change of cli-