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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    The great danger of apoplexy has been con- firmed by the experience of all ages, and by the fentence of all the writers on the fubjecl. Vehemantem quidem apoplexiam folvere im- c< poflibile ; debiletn vero non facile—is an aphorifm of Hippocrates. How neceffary then to turn our thoughts to the prevention of it! And happily in many cafes there are fufficient notices to put the wife and cautious on their guard. Thefe are diftinctly enumerated in fec- tion 1098. Even without any of thefe previous fymp- toms, it furely is worth the while for perfons who are, by their time of life, by their mode of living, or by their make and conftitution, more particularly expofed to apoplectic infults, to confider the danger of their fituation, in due time. The remote or occafional caufes, detailed at fc<5lion 110S. may be avoided by almoft everyone: but, the predifpofing caufe, a ple- thoric (late of the blood veflels of the brain, is not fo eafily obviated : it has been, mod likely, long exifting and has grown into the conftitution fo deeply, as not to be eradicated without much refolution