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REMITTENT FEVER.
therefore lessen the chances to inflammation from con-
gestion. There is another means which will deplete,
which must not be neglected, by exciting the secretions
which lessen the vascular action, hence you produce
nausea; it is valuable and must not be neglected. If.
you should resort to the lancet it should always precede
purging; you will deplete from the kidneys; you will
give nitrate of potash, cream of tartar, &c. You like-
wise deplete from the skin by giving minute doses of
tartarized antimony, but a more favorite remedy with
me is Beach's sudorific tinct.; these are medicines which
cool the system. The vegetable acids- are celebrated for
their uses in fever; they do not stimulate the heart, but
reduce the energy of the calorific functions. Tartarized
antimony stands very high in a direct effect in de-
creasing arterial action, but should be used with great
caution, when you give cathartics. With antimonials
you will relieve the action of the heart and deplete more
successfully in inflammatory fevers than any other.
The next thing is to consider the morbid action, and
to alter its mode. The acetous emetic, which we will
lay down, fulfils several indications to change morbid
action. Podophylline is another remedy, and is bene-
ficial in inflammatory fevers if preceded by the remedies
above alluded to; another is the sulphate of quinine;
it will produce a constitutional effect, and acts as a
sedative in proper doses.
The iext consideration is the depuration of the blood;
it undergoes changes in disease, and we must purify that
fluid; a copious perspiration, if it can be kept up, is
always likely to be beneficial, and if copious, fever will
abandon the system. Such medicines that will produce
great secretions of the liver, generally are of great consi-104
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/104/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.