Medical hand-book : containing a statement of the principal diseases, with testimonials of remarkable cures / by E.D. Spear.

  • Spear, Edmund Doe.
Date:
1872
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Credit: Medical hand-book : containing a statement of the principal diseases, with testimonials of remarkable cures / by E.D. Spear. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Pains in tlio s<i<io. Pains in the Side may arise from numerous causes. They often originate from a Rheumatic affection. In other ca'-es they are the effects of Liver Complaint. And sometimes they are caused by a bad state of the stomach, which fre- quently produces a craving appetite. In such cases there is, most generally, pain in the left side. As pains in the sides are often but signs of serious com- ing trouble, you should lose no time in delays, but consult a physician at once. Dysentery. It is certainly melancholy to reflect on the fact, that thousands annually die of this disorder. I have often been pained at witnessing the improper treatment usually pursued towards those who are afflicted, and much more by reading the report of the deaths that weekly occur. I am satis- fied that ninety-nine cases in a hundred of those which prove fatal, originate in the want of a good remedy, or in mal- practice. The fault often lies with the patient, who tampers with the disorder until it is too late. And it is too frequent- ly the case that he puts too much dependence in an arm of flesh, because, forsooth, a physician happens to be what is called regularly educated; while, at the same time, the un- lettered Indian as far exceeds him in skill in the treatment of this disease, as the light of the sun eclipses the rays of the faintest star that twinkles in the sky. This disease is known from the discharges of blood and slime, with distressing pains in the bowels. The patient often endures the disorder without much trouble for a week or ten days. Sometimes it is very rapid in its commence- ment, and more distressing. Although it may appear mild at first, it more frequently terminates fatally, from the fact that the patient is more careless, and neglects applying the remedy until it is too late. 2