Essay on Fevers

by John Huxham

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1782. ... died much sooner, had he not constantly drank very freely of the most fine and generous Wines, and daily used large Quantities of AiTes-milk, and antiscorbutic Juices well acidulated with Juice of Seville-oranges, Lemons, 65V. But, after all, I am so far from thinking the volatile Æcaly-salts should be struck out of the Materia Medica, and condemning their Use in all Cases, that I am very certain they may be given with great Advantage in very many.--Bur, in Truth, I still except those abovementioned, A Of Subjects, A. B S C E S S. See Boils... ACIDS, vegetable and mineral, proper in putrid Fevers Page 117 in the petechial Small-pox--151, 161 not in the lymphatic Small-pox--151. good in the Sea-scurvy--260 vegetable are more saponaceous and ab-stersive than mineral--------159 ACRIMONY may be complicated with inflammatory Len-tor 57 Instances of it 59 1 with too loose a Crasis of the Blood 57 Instances of it m 62 another 68 alcalescent, tends to dissolve the Blood 54 putrid, its Generation--54, 55 in the Scurvy, Signs of it--26Q AGUES. See Fevers, intermitting. AIR, one Kind promotes, another retards the Spreading of the Small-pox 144 . cold and dry, requires one Method, warm and moist another ibid. » free and temperate necessary in Peripneumonies 198 AIRING the Chamber in the Small-pox necessary 162 ALCALIOUS, all Humours of the Body, which putrefy, become so 50 volatile Salts dissolve and corrupt the Blood 46 produce Haemorrhages ibid. 1.., mixed with Blood drawn, pre-vent its Cortcretiori 50 er. 1 hurtful in putrid petechial Fe-vers----i 1.. T --w I 18 ALEJCI, AT EXIPHARMACS often rather prevent than raise Sweats in Fevers--------Page 10 fuballringent, useful in putrid Fevers 115, "7------'-- See Cordials. ALOETICS produce H&...

191 pages, Hardcover

First published September 24, 2009