Observations on sulphureous fumigations, as a powerful remedy in rheumatism and diseases of the skin / by William Wallace.

  • Wallace, William.
Date:
1820
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    take care, that, by the same means, assisted by cataplasms, or by a mixture of ol: olivar: and aq : kali, all the crusts are previously removed. In private practice, such precursory treatment is seldom required ; as, in consequence of the atten- tion paid to cleanliness, the surface is already in a state of preparation. The truth and importance of these observations will perhaps become more evident, and their influ- ence more forcible, if I inform the reader, that, from the inattention of some practitioners to these cir cum- stances, when the remedy first came into notice •/ on the Continent, the inconvenience attending its application and the unfavourable results obtained were such, that they had nearly the effect of bring- ing the practice into general discredit; and of thus depriving mankind of the benefit of one of the greatest modern improvements in the treat- ment of chronic disease. Not long after the importance of the practice had been promulgated in France, and even before Dr. De Carro established his fumigatory at Vienna, Dr. Horn, physician to the Hopital de la Cha- rite, of Berlin, commenced a set of experiments respecting the influence of sulphureous fumiga- tions in the treatment of several diseases. The researches of this physician, in conse- quence of the imper ect construction of his appa- ratus, and the incautious and indiscreet selection of cases, were so unfavourable to the. practice, as to induce him to give up its employment; and, as he was a physician of some celebrity, his repor