An inaugural dissertation on the gout : submitted to the examination of the Rev. William Smith, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees, and medical professors of the College of Philadelphia, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 23d day of June, A.D. 1791 / by George Pfeiffer of Philadelphia, fellow of the Philadelphia Medical Society.

  • Pfeiffer, George, 1769-1804.
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MDCCXCI [1791]
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the gout : submitted to the examination of the Rev. William Smith, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees, and medical professors of the College of Philadelphia, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 23d day of June, A.D. 1791 / by George Pfeiffer of Philadelphia, fellow of the Philadelphia Medical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vous fever. Again, though the cold bath muft aft in the fame manner on all human fyflems; yet it is a fact well known, that in fome it produces a glow on the furface and increafed action, whilft in others, it induces a diminution, and fometimes a total fuppreffion of action. Why ? Becaufe, in the latter, the conftitution of the fibres is too weak to admit of a re-action. I now come to the mod important part of my fubject, viz. The C U R E. I SHALL treat of the cure of each fpecies in diftinct chapters. And firil, Of the Tonic. The indications here are, in the -Brit place, to alleviate and fhorten the fit. 2d. To prevent a return of it. Our firft indication is anfwered by all thofe means which tend to diminifh exceflive ir- regular action in the arterial fyftem—Thefe are bleeding, vomiting, purging, refrigerants, cold, &c. Here we have again to combat the notions and authority of Dr Brown ; for, in every inftance, he purfued a plan of cure, diametrically oppofite to this, which we are about to inculcate. We pre- fume, that the Doctor fell into this error in con- fequence of his being ignorant, that moft, if not