A second address to the citizens of Philadelphia, containing additional proofs of the domestic origin of the malignant bilious, or yellow fever : to which are added, observations, intended to shew that a belief in that opinion, is calculated to lessen the mortality of the disease, and to prevent its recurrence / by Benjamin Rush.

  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Date:
1799
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Credit: A second address to the citizens of Philadelphia, containing additional proofs of the domestic origin of the malignant bilious, or yellow fever : to which are added, observations, intended to shew that a belief in that opinion, is calculated to lessen the mortality of the disease, and to prevent its recurrence / by Benjamin Rush. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. It lias been faid, that bleeding fhould always be proportioned to the conftitution of the patient. This opinion is not juft. A man may have a very ftrong conftitution, and a weak difeafe which re- quires the lofs of but little blood to cure it, while on the contrary a woman may have a weak confti- tution, and a ftrong difeafe which will yield only to the frequent ufe of the lancet. The pulfe in both thefe cafes will always afford a fure mark to difcriminate the difeafe, from the conftitution. 3. It has been faid, that bleeding fometimes ex- cites pain where it did not exift before, and even increafes the force and frequency of the pulfe. Thefe fymptoms, fo far from being an objection to this remedy, are a proof that it has done fer- vice, by changing a fuffocated and latent difeafe into a fenfible one. They are a call of the fyftem for more blood letting. In favor of the ufe of all the remedies, that have been mentioned in the treatment of the yel- low fever, it may be faid that they have been adopted in all the eaflern and fouthern ftates, and that they are ufed in Philadelphia by moft of the phyficians who formerly oppofed them. They are moreover far more fuccefsful in their combination, than any one of them has been, when exclufively ufed.