Practical observations on the small pox, apoplexy, and dropsy. In a series of letters to ... Albert Haller / [S.A.D. Tissot].

  • Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David), 1728-1797.
Date:
1772
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    \ [ 86- J uneafinefs, continual tolling about, and at length death. It Is therefore far fafer to ab- ftain from blifters in the fanguineous apo¬ plexy as it is called ; and when ddirous of making revullion, after emollient fomenta¬ tions, my method is to apply linapifms to the #legs or feet; and I have always found the head relieved as the legs fwelled. The beft prophylactic method, which is too much negleCted, is, i ft, To prevent a plethora. 2dly, To remove all ftimuli which arc capable of exciting fuch noxious motions. gdly, To hinder the blood from being im¬ pelled toward the head, called anarropia. The firft indication is fulfilled by a {lender diet and evacuations; it feems fuperfluous to mention minutely the particular diet, as that is fully treated of by other writers. Let this be the principal rules to choofe the the aliment from the vegetable fpecies; let the patient’s drink be aqueous and acefccnt, generous or fpirituous wines mu ft be entirely forbidden, and thofe only be allowed, which mixed with water make a grateful diuretic drink, fuch as Rhenilh, Mofelle, Aurelian wine,