A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera / by Christopher Robert Pemberton.

  • Pemberton, Christopher Robert, 1765-1822.
Date:
1820
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera / by Christopher Robert Pemberton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    the patient will be gradually restored to health by the constant use of the oily draught, or by half an ounce of neutral salts every morning in broth containing a large proportion of fat.* He should also be enjoined to lay aside the clothes which may be impregnated with lead. This is a stage of the disease devoid of danger; but after a person has suffered repeated attacks of this Colic, he not un- frequently falls into Epilepsy, or becomes paralytic in the hands. When he becomes epileptic from the effects of Lead, there is nothing peculiar in the treatment, more than if the disease had arisen from any other cause; except perhaps, that particular attention should be paid to the state of the bowels. The para- lytic affections of the hands demands a further consideration. The joint at the wrist, in many cases of this paralysis, becomes remarkably flaccid * Fat and suet are recommended by De Haen as Prophy- lactics.