Volume 2

Observations on the nature, causes, and cure, of those disorders, which have been commonly called nervous, hypochondriac, or hysteric. To which are prefixed, some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves / By Robert Whytt.

  • Whytt, Robert, 1714-1766.
Date:
1765
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Credit: Observations on the nature, causes, and cure, of those disorders, which have been commonly called nervous, hypochondriac, or hysteric. To which are prefixed, some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves / By Robert Whytt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In thofe flatulent- complaints which come on about the time the menfes ceafe, repeated fmall bleedings, often give more relief than any. other remedy. - WITH regard to diet, I fhall only obferve,. that tea, and all flatulent ali- ments are to be avoided ; ; and _ that,: for dr ink, water with a little brandy. or rum, is not only preferable to, malt li- quer but, in moft act alfo to wine. . VII. A NERVOUS or 3 fpalmodic afthma. “G. i In. the true {pafnodic afthma, where there is no fixed obftruction in the lungs, nor any load of phlegm op- prefling them, the fits are beft relieved by bleeding and opium. Jf the patient be of a full habit, we may bleed largely ; if otherwife, we mutt either take away little blood, or omit this evacuation al- together. cca ee THE opium may bel! given either in the form of the elixir paregoricum, or in. fuch a draught as the following. | R. Aqu.