A treatise on the influence of the moon in fevers / By Francis Balfour.

  • Balfour, Francis, -1818.
Date:
1785
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Credit: A treatise on the influence of the moon in fevers / By Francis Balfour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nicated my obfervations on this fubjedt to Sir John Pringle, in 1772. In that Treatife I related my practice at large, and drew from it the following conclu- fions ; which I have had no reafon fince to retradt. \fly That the bark (c) in powder is a certain cure for the putrid remittent of Bengal, commonly called the Pucca Fe¬ ver. 2dl}\ That there is no fymptom what¬ ever that ought to prevent it from being exhibited, after the bile is duly evacuated. $dly9 That it may be given with fafety at all periods of the difeafe; whether in the remiflion or exacerbation (J). \thly^ That, when it is rejedled by the . ftomach, opium will in all cafes make it fit quietly, and in fufficient quantity to flop the fever. $tbly. That, (c) The decoCtion cannot be depended on. (</) This becomes abfolutely neceffary when you hap¬ pen to be called too late: for after the third or fourth day, the fits are protracted fo long, as to run into one another; and when this is the cafe, whoever waits for a complete re- mifiion, will find himfelf wofully difappointed.