An inaugural dissertation on angina pectoris / [Henry Bogart].

  • Bogart, Henry, -1817.
Date:
1813
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on angina pectoris / [Henry Bogart]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which he prescribes, with most advantage, are those which are calculated to diminish the fullness of the system: for this purpose he has recourse to copious and repeated blood-letting, active cathartics, as jalap, calomel, gamboge, and other evacuants; and for the removal of the spasm, palpitation of the heart, and cold ness of the extremities, aether, volatile alkali, the compound spirits of lavender, and other diffusible stimuli, are exhibited. Opiates, by lessening, and occasionally suspending the spasm, are also used with advantage, especial¬ ly after blood-letting has been freely employ¬ ed. Warm bathing and friction of the extre¬ mities, from the experience of their beneficial effects, are also highly useful by promoting circulation in the extremities, and a determi¬ nation to the surface of the body, and thereby proportionally diminishing the fulness of the heart and larger vessels. Independent of the medicines here recom¬ mended, our chief hope for preventing the re¬ turns of the disease must be placed in the diet