A physiological enquiry respecting the action of moxa : and its utility in inveterate cases of sciatica, lumbago, paraplegia, epilepsy, and some other painful, paralytic, and spasmodic diseases of the nerves and muscles / by William Wallace.

  • Wallace, William, 1791-1838.
Date:
1827
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Credit: A physiological enquiry respecting the action of moxa : and its utility in inveterate cases of sciatica, lumbago, paraplegia, epilepsy, and some other painful, paralytic, and spasmodic diseases of the nerves and muscles / by William Wallace. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    within the space of a very few weeks, he will con elude that, when the field for observation is exten- sive, such cases will be found of frequent occur- rence. It is likely that it shall be asked by some of my readers, why have I not spoken respecting the use of Moxa in many other diseases, for the cure or relief of which it is extolled on the Continent? If so, I beg leave to observe, that I have intentionally limited myself to those diseases in which I could speak of its influence with decision, from having had, in my own practice, the most ample opportu- nity of employing it, under almost every possible circumstance. Nor can it be considered irrelevant to state, that I am entitled to speak with confidence re- specting the diseases treated of in this publica- tion, from having enjoyed a field for observing them, greater than commonly falls to the lot of hospital Surgeons. This has arisen from my con- nection, for eight years and upwards, with the Dublin Skin Infirmary, and from some share of private practice in these diseases, resulting from that connection. For, although the Infirmary was founded for the treatment of rheumatic and cu- taneous diseases alone, it has become a point of attraction not only to those patients who labour under the diseases for which it was instituted, but for all those affected by disorders which appear, in the eyes of the public, to be allied to them, or