Notes of lectures on the theory and practice of medicine : delivered in the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia / by John Eberle.

  • Eberle, John, 1787-1838.
Date:
1844
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    thority is in favour of: full bleeding; mercurial purgatives; cold affusions, and applications to the head; the free use of mild diaphoretic or acidulated drinks—in the first period of the dis- ease. Prompt and decisive bleeding is particu- larly beneficial in the commencement of violent cases, where the pulse is full and hard. In the milder cases, it may commonly be advantage- ously omitted. In the second stage, mild aperients; diaphoretic and cooling drinks; enemata; calomel with a view to its constitutional and aperient effects ; cool affusions; with tonics and stimulants, if the pulse becomes feeble. In the thirdstage, stimulants and tonics ; enemata ; mild drinks. The usual saline diaphoretics are of little or no ser- vice, in this form of fever. The vigorous em- ployment of cinchona, or quinine, is strongly recommended by some, during the remissions. CHAPTER VIII. CONTINUED FEVER. Continued fevers are either: Sthenic, or Asthenic. The former are diseases with irritated vascular excitement—the vital energies being unim- paired or increased; these are usually called in- flammatory, or fevers with a phlogistic diathesis.