-
Articles/Ads
Article OBSERVATIONS ON THE YELLOW FEVER. ← Page 2 of 2 Article TRAITS OF THE SCOTCH CHARACTER. Page 1 of 3 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Observations On The Yellow Fever.
ease , inasmuch as the matter discharged by perspiration , even in health , is of a noxious quality ( as is proved by the late experiments of Mr . Abernethy of London ) and if retained must add greatly to the fever and vitiated state of the fluids which take place in this disease . As to the medicines I have . employed in accomplishing these intentions , and the different remedies adapted to the peculiar condition
and circumstances of the patient , I can add nothing more to what are detailed in the above-mentioned dissertation : they are the means I have experienced to be the most successful . But that part ofthe treatment upon which I am disposed to place the most reliance is sweating . Common observation has long since established the importance of this remedy in fevers in general : but I was more particularly directed to the advantages and necessity of attending to this remedy in the treatment of the yellow fever by Dr . John Bard of this city , and the writings of Dr . Warren , in his history ofthe yellow fever of Bavbadoes .
If there is a specific in the cure of any disease ; if the Peruvian hark is to be relied upon in the cure of intermittent fever , sweating , when induced within the first twelve hours from the commencement of the disease , I believe I may venture to assert , is a no less certain remedy in the case of a yellow fever . In short , so strongly is my mind impressed with the salutary nature of this discharge in yellow fever , and I have been so rarely disappointed in its effects ; . that when . 1 find
my patient sweating within a few hours after the attack of the disease , I congratulate him as secure from danger , provided it is continued a considerable length of time , thereby urging him to the diligent use of the means prescribed for accomplishing it . It is a remedy most sincerely and devoutly recommended to your particular consideration and attention ; but to secure its good efFefts , I again repeat the remark
, that it must be employed as early as possible , after attention to the bowels , which should be the first object of the physician ' s prescription . With every wish for your happiness , and the speedy removal of the disease which nowaftefts your city , I remain , Sir , & c .
Traits Of The Scotch Character.
TRAITS OF THE SCOTCH CHARACTER .
IN AN ORIGINAL LETTER FROM DR . GOLDSMITH TO ROBERT BRYANTON , OF BALLVMAHON , IN IRELAND .
MY DEAR BOB ., Edinburgh , Sept . 26 . T 753 . TUTOW many good excuses ( and you know I was ever good at an ex-•* ¦ cuse ) mig ht I call up to vindicate my past silence ! I might tell how I wrote a long letter at my first coming hither , and seem vastly angry at my not receiving an arisw . er ; I might alledge that business ( with business , you know , I was always pestered ) had never given
me time to finger a pen ; but I suppress these , and twenty more equally plausible , and as easily invented , since they mig ht be attended with a sli g ht inconvenience of being known to be lies . Let me then speak truth : an hereditary indolence , ( I have it from the mother ' s side ) has hitherto prevented my writing to ' you , and still prevents my Writing at least twenty-five letters more , due to my friends in Ireland .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Observations On The Yellow Fever.
ease , inasmuch as the matter discharged by perspiration , even in health , is of a noxious quality ( as is proved by the late experiments of Mr . Abernethy of London ) and if retained must add greatly to the fever and vitiated state of the fluids which take place in this disease . As to the medicines I have . employed in accomplishing these intentions , and the different remedies adapted to the peculiar condition
and circumstances of the patient , I can add nothing more to what are detailed in the above-mentioned dissertation : they are the means I have experienced to be the most successful . But that part ofthe treatment upon which I am disposed to place the most reliance is sweating . Common observation has long since established the importance of this remedy in fevers in general : but I was more particularly directed to the advantages and necessity of attending to this remedy in the treatment of the yellow fever by Dr . John Bard of this city , and the writings of Dr . Warren , in his history ofthe yellow fever of Bavbadoes .
If there is a specific in the cure of any disease ; if the Peruvian hark is to be relied upon in the cure of intermittent fever , sweating , when induced within the first twelve hours from the commencement of the disease , I believe I may venture to assert , is a no less certain remedy in the case of a yellow fever . In short , so strongly is my mind impressed with the salutary nature of this discharge in yellow fever , and I have been so rarely disappointed in its effects ; . that when . 1 find
my patient sweating within a few hours after the attack of the disease , I congratulate him as secure from danger , provided it is continued a considerable length of time , thereby urging him to the diligent use of the means prescribed for accomplishing it . It is a remedy most sincerely and devoutly recommended to your particular consideration and attention ; but to secure its good efFefts , I again repeat the remark
, that it must be employed as early as possible , after attention to the bowels , which should be the first object of the physician ' s prescription . With every wish for your happiness , and the speedy removal of the disease which nowaftefts your city , I remain , Sir , & c .
Traits Of The Scotch Character.
TRAITS OF THE SCOTCH CHARACTER .
IN AN ORIGINAL LETTER FROM DR . GOLDSMITH TO ROBERT BRYANTON , OF BALLVMAHON , IN IRELAND .
MY DEAR BOB ., Edinburgh , Sept . 26 . T 753 . TUTOW many good excuses ( and you know I was ever good at an ex-•* ¦ cuse ) mig ht I call up to vindicate my past silence ! I might tell how I wrote a long letter at my first coming hither , and seem vastly angry at my not receiving an arisw . er ; I might alledge that business ( with business , you know , I was always pestered ) had never given
me time to finger a pen ; but I suppress these , and twenty more equally plausible , and as easily invented , since they mig ht be attended with a sli g ht inconvenience of being known to be lies . Let me then speak truth : an hereditary indolence , ( I have it from the mother ' s side ) has hitherto prevented my writing to ' you , and still prevents my Writing at least twenty-five letters more , due to my friends in Ireland .