Volume 2

Observations on the diseases which prevail in long voyages to hot countries, : particularly on those in the East Indies ; and on the same diseases as they appear in Great Britain. / By John Clark, M.D.

  • Clark, John, 1744-1805.
Date:
M. DCC. XCII. [1792]
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Credit: Observations on the diseases which prevail in long voyages to hot countries, : particularly on those in the East Indies ; and on the same diseases as they appear in Great Britain. / By John Clark, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is very commonly given with thefe falts, renders them more naufeous; and, by occafioning fermentation in the bowels, brings on gripes during their operation. The beft correctors of bitter faline purges are cryftalls of tartar, or lemon-juice, with brandy; which render them more agreeable to every palate. This is un- _doubtedly a matter of no {mall importance, where there is an abfolute neceflity to con- tiriue them daily; befides, in putrid cafes, fuch additions muft be conducive to the cure. | 3 Caftor oil, when properly prepared, and not grown rancid by keeping, | have found to be one of the beft purges in the dyfentery. It feems to be poffeffed of an anodyne quality, frequently eafing the painful gripes as foon as taken, and feldom fails, when it agrees with the ftomach, to procure copious evacuations. | Rhubarb, in large dofes, with calomel, for want of other purgatives, has been frequently tried; but, during its operation, the gripes were generally increafed, and the troublefome tenefmus feldom or never mitigated. Finding this to be the cafe, upon exhibiting the firft dofe, I feldom x 4 repeated