Advice to the people in general, with regard to their healthTissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
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Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health
Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
Hygiene -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800
1, The Patient must be put into a _Regimen_; and notwithstanding he is
far from costive, and sometimes has even a small Purging, he should
receive one Glyster daily. His common Drink should be Lemonade, (which
is made of the Juice of Lemons, Sugar and Water) or the Ptisan No. 3.
Instead of Juice of Lemons, Vinegar may be occasionally substituted,
which, with Sugar and Water, makes an agreeable and very wholesome Drink
in these Fevers.
2, If there be an Inflammation also, which may be discovered by the
Strength and the Hardness of the Pulse, and by the Temperament and
Complexion of the Patient; if he is naturally robust, and has heated
himself by any of the Causes described, Sec. 232, he should be bled once,
and even a second Time, if necessary, some Hours after. I must observe
however, that very frequently there is no such Inflammation, and that in
such a Case, Bleeding would be hurtful.
3, When the Patient has drank very plentifully for two Days of these
Liquids, if his Mouth still continues in a very foul State, and he has
violent Reachings to vomit, he must take the Powder No. 34, dissolved in
half a [63] Pot of warm Water, a [64] Glass of it being to be drank
every half Quarter of an Hour. But as this Medicine vomits, it must not
be taken, except we are certain the Patient is not under any
Circumstance, which forbids the Use of a Vomit: all which Circumstances
shall be particularly mentioned in the Chapter, respecting the Use of
such Medicines, as are taken by way of Precaution, or Prevention. If the
first Glasses excite a plentiful Vomiting, we must forbear giving
another, and be content with obliging the Patient to drink a
considerable Quantity of warm Water. But if the former Glasses do not
occasion Vomiting, they must be repeated, as already directed until they
do. Those who are afraid of taking this Medicine, which is usually
called, the Emetic, may take that of No. 35, also drinking warm Water
plentifully during its Operation; but the former is preferable, as more
prevalent, in dangerous Cases. We must caution our Readers at the same
Time, that wherever there is an Inflammation of any Part, neither of
these Medicines must be given, which might prove a real Poison in such a
Circumstance; and even if the Fever is extremely violent, though there
should be no particular Inflammation, they should not be given.
[63] That is about two Ounces more than a Pint and a half of our
Measure.
[64] About three Ounces.
The Time of giving them is soon after the End of the Paroxysm, when the
Fever is at the lowest. The Medicine No. 34 generally purges, after it
ceases to make the Patient vomit: But No. 35 is seldom attended with the
same Effect.
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