Practical information on St. Anthony's fire, or erysipelas : and on erythematous affections in general; as also on the measles; in which new modes of treatment are communicated / By E. Peart.

  • Peart, E. (Edward), 1756?-1824.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Practical information on St. Anthony's fire, or erysipelas : and on erythematous affections in general; as also on the measles; in which new modes of treatment are communicated / By E. Peart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    < ** ) traced by the evident degree of inflammation that is perceptible on the fkin which covers them ; and this I have obferved more particularly and flrikingly evident in fuch cafes of eryfipelas than on any other occafions. 4 I fliall not, however, take up more of my reader’s time on this head, but fliall immediately proceed to point out the mode of treatment i * ■ - which I have adopted, and which I hope will be found not altogether undeferving of his atten^ tion. On the Mode of Treatment in Eryfipelas and in Erythematous Affections. SOME time ago I was confulted by a gentle¬ man who was frequently fubjedt to what he called St. Anthony’s fire. One or both eyes were generally affedted, and the eyelids fo much fwelled as frequently to clofe them completely. The