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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ... pill and draught did not effectually mitigate the sufferings. Friday, the pulse was 88, the tongue furred, the bowels inactive; the least movement of the arms or legs caused severe pain of the loins; and he also complained of acute shootings in the course of the sciatic, and in the branches of the femoral uerve. The loins were fomented with a decoction of poppies, mixed with some alcohol. The purgative pills were repeated, followed by three doses of senna and salts; and notwithstanding the painful inconvenience attendant on the effects of the medicine, he derived from it eventual and great relief. This plan of treatment was regularly pursued, the bowels being freely acted upon occasionally; and, in the intervals, the opiate was given with the freedom necessary to subdue pain. The limbs were affected with rheumatic soreness for a short time; but at the end of a fortnight the patient felt himself recovered. It is worthy of observation, that, even in this case, although in the first instance the natural functions did not appear to be disordered, the mercurial purgative was remarkably useful, and, by the consequent relief, more than compensated for the immediate difficulty of changing the position. The large doses of opium did not cause any unpleasant sensation of the head, so completely did pain counteract its influence in that particular. I think it probable that the vapor bath would have proved useful in this case, and have led to an earlier relief. CASE I. Sub-acute Rheumatism, terminating in the chronic species. Various remedies employed. The shower bath, used latterly, remarkably useful. A Gentleman, aged seventy-seven, robust, habitually subject to dyspepsia, but in general health and appearance firm beyond his age, was seized with lumbago three years b...
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