A system of clinical medicine / by Robert James Graves.

  • Graves, Robert James, 1796-1853.
Date:
1843
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    LECTURE XII. On the efficacy of tartar emetic and opium in fever, with much cerebral distur- bance; illustrated by cases p. 128 LECTURE XIII. On bed sores in fever, and their treatment—Instances of fever spreading by contagion—Attacking a person whose mouth was affected by mercury—Obser- vations on the use of tartar emetic in fever—An account of the manner in which it is usually employed—New views upon this subject—Treatment of fever with profuse sweating in the commencement—Mr. Cookson's case— Mr. Stephenson's case—Mr. Knott's case p. 136 LECTURE XIV. General account of the spotted fever epidemic in Dublin, in 1834-5—Its most remarkable features—Insidious character—Further explanation of the reasoning which led Dr. Graves to the discovery of the utility of tartar emetic in its latter stages p. 146 Further Observations on the Use of Tartar Emetic in the Delirium of Fever, p. 154 LECTURE XV. Wine in Fever—Dr. Stokes's Researches on the State of the Heart in Typhus Fever p. 183 LECTURE XVI. Case of long continued nervous fever'—Remarks on p. 189 LECTURE XVII. Prescriptions in Fever p. 194 LECTURE XVIII. Yellow Fever—Account of the yellow fever of Gibraltar—M. Louis's researches —Yellow fever of Dublin—Notes of clinical lectures delivered in 1826 upon this subject—Contractility of efferent ducts p. 199 LECTURE XIX. Intermittent fever—Account of the Russian intermittent fever—Case of tertiana soporosa—Treatment of intermittent fever p. 219 LECTURE XX. Causes of catarrhal affections of the bronchial tubes—On the rales produced by bronchitis—Remarkable disproportion between the frequency of the pulse and the respiration—Use of emetics and chalybeates in chronic bronchitis—Symp- toms that contraindicate chalybeates—Case of asthma, and treatment—St. John Long's liniment—Case of chronic cough—Remarks on bronchial secretion— Expectoration never performed daring sleep—Effects of catarrhal attacks fre- quently recurring—Account of remedies employed—Great power of nitrate of potash, combined with tartar emetic, in subduing inflammation—Observations