Volume 1

Medical reports of the effects of arsenic, in the cure of agues, remitting fevers, and periodic headachs [sic] ... Together with a letter from Dr. Arnold ... and another from Dr. Withering / [Thomas Fowler].

  • Fowler, Thomas, 1736-1801.
Date:
1786
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Credit: Medical reports of the effects of arsenic, in the cure of agues, remitting fevers, and periodic headachs [sic] ... Together with a letter from Dr. Arnold ... and another from Dr. Withering / [Thomas Fowler]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    one flight Fit on the 24th, None fince : Appe- tite better. Ordered to continue the Solution for four Days. eek rit. No Operation ee the Solution ; Appetite good, and no Return of Ague. September 13th. Continues perfectly free from the Ague. OBSERVATIONS. HE Cafe of Elizabeth Williams was treated with moderate Dofes, which proved fuc- cefsful ; but their operative Effe&ts were accom- panied with a Swelling of the Belly, which was relieved by the Operation from the ‘Vindure of Rhubarb. | _ Prefton’s Cafe was alfo treated with moderate Dofes, the operative Effects of which were very flight: the Difeafe was of long Continuance, and had worn a quartan Type ; ‘yet the curative Effect of the Medicine was fpeedy, for he had but one Fit after he began to ufe it. The Ague of James Dalton was radically cured by the Solution, which however occafion- ed difagreeable griping ssaaiel accompanied | with