An enquiry into the various theories and methods of cure in apoplexies and palsies / by B. Chandler, M.D.

  • Chandler, Benjamin, 1737-1786.
Date:
1785
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Credit: An enquiry into the various theories and methods of cure in apoplexies and palsies / by B. Chandler, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cileable with the idea of congeftion ftill remain- ing. If the Profeflfor means, as he certainly does, that all fufpicion of plethoric congeftion mould be firft removed, by evacuations and a fpare diet then fome of the other ftimulants will be almoft equally admiflible. If the palfy originated in chronic weaknefs, or the natural effects of declining life, we ought to be parti- cularly attentive to the ftate of the power of reaction : which, in the firfl: cafe, may be pre- vioufly increafed by the ufe of ftimulants and internal tonics; in the laft, is hardly to be ex- pected. Electricity, in a certain manner applied, 1167. is one of the moft powerful ftimulants that can be employed to act upon the nervous 44 fyftem of animals: but, as its action is like- «« wife powerful on the fanguiferous, it's effects *' muft be very hazardous in palfies depending upon a compreffion of the brain: therefore it is admitted only, when applied with moderate force, to parts remote from the head, and in thofe cafes which have been produced by narcotic powers.—And further as the opera- tion