Clinical experiments, histories, and dissections / by Francis Home, M.D., one of his Majesty's physicians, fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and professor of materia medica in the University of Edinburgh.

  • Home, Francis, 1719-1813.
Date:
1782
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Credit: Clinical experiments, histories, and dissections / by Francis Home, M.D., one of his Majesty's physicians, fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and professor of materia medica in the University of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the fit, fucceeded better than before the fit, as by this means the paroxyfms were ftopped for fome days. But, in Exper. IV. and XIII. the queftion is clearly de- cided. We fee in the former, firft half an ounce, then a whole ounce given, before the fit, without fuccefs. After waiting till fome fits were over, that no effects might be attributed to the firft exhibition, an ounce was given after the fit, and the next was ftopped. In the latter, the experi- ment is equally decifive. No room for doubting now remains. Hence, the fame quantity of bark, of which half an ounce was generally ufed, will, when taken to- wards the end of the fweat, cure an inter- mittent; but will not, if given from one to four hours before the cold ftage. 2. That bark given a few hours before the fit, feems to add to its feverity. In Exper. VIII. and XI. vomiting was excit- ed; but in none of thefe cafes, where it was given after the fit, was this effect pro- duced. Hence it is probable, that the other fymptoms, had we remained to ob- serve them with the patients, would have been likewife exafperated. It mult have