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Show 226 Zenrpemz‘ure {if the; body. 2221. Silesian method. Dr. H. Maclean expressly tes» The remedy was ap- fant, in whom animation has been suspended-m A fever-patient is not equally susceptible. But excitability may be transferred even to his torpid interior by superficial cold; and excitement then produced by stimulation. If spha- plied with increasing confidence for fifty years celation, which must often prevent success, tifies to the same purport in frequent instances, Mr. Theden appeals to various persons, as witnesses of his practice; and I believe, no man has existed, upon whose good faith we may more securely rely. by men of wide experience and much authority. Neither the want of a regulating principle, nor any bad consequences from its improper application, as Dr. Currie believes, ap» pear to have limited its use, but the same ini- pediment that prevented the reception of his own method at Vienna : namely, the maximon which it seems that practice is also conducted abroad; t/zatilia better (for the practitioner) have taken place, nothing will be gained. But what evil can ensue? We shall hardly err mischievously if we make this last effort, when the powers are sinking and inflammation passing into its cold stage. In two such instances I have adopted the momentary but repeated application ofa Cloth wet with ice-cold water to the pit of the stomach, and to the head, ad- ministering stimulants betweenwhiles. I was successful. tl'mt the sick should die under a met/rod luv/ail- t'ngly izzrfleci‘ual, titan that any attempt s/zom‘d .56 made in. their favour, which might give rise to evil 7‘zmzours. I doubt whether this maxim of medical prudence would not have stood just as much in the way of the cold aft‘usion, had it not been then proposed on the same grounds as In both If my experience increase, I shall relate it at large. Volatile alkali is probably one of the stimuli, best adapted to such cases. I have thought of the alternate exhibition of oxygenated acids. The oxymuriatic acid in malignant sore-throat needs not my recommendation. In situations, where that was not to be had, I have used nitro~ HOW'. muriatic acid properly diluted, and have reason The practice seems in itself highly rational. The analogical effect of cold in syncope and constipation will occur to every reader. Wt? have induliitalile instances, in which water, to think this simpler preparationjust as good. The best of all would possibly be sulphuric acid saturated with oxymuriate of pot-ash, and then diluted. This is not bulk}; and rill. keep. dropped on the pit of the stomach, has imme- diately caused pulsation in the heart of an intaut .v'irtiflcia! |
