Volume 1

A supplement to Observations on the internal use of the nightshade / [Thomas Gataker].

  • Gataker, Thomas, -1769.
Date:
1757
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A supplement to Observations on the internal use of the nightshade / [Thomas Gataker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / ■is ] - the common Difeharges of the Body : I fay chiefly, becaufe in feveral Inftances, and par¬ ticularly upon the firft Ufe of the Medicine, it is found to have in fome Degree the Power of procuring Sleep and eafing Pain. Allow¬ ing then that the Nightfhade is not endued with any diftinguiflhable fpecific Property, the future Ufe of it may of courfe be di¬ rected with lefs Difficulty and with more Propriety ; fince there remain but two principal ObjeCts to be confidered, namely, what its ufual Operations upon the Dif¬ eharges of the Body are, and what Com¬ plaints may indicate the Ufe of a Medi¬ cine aCting in fuch a Manner. In the pre¬ ceding Account I have mentioned the Ef¬ fects which it ufually has upon the Secre¬ tions-that a Heat or Warmth being dif- fufed over the Body is fucceeaed by a plen¬ tiful Sweat, and fometimes by a gentle Purg¬ ing the next Day—that, if a Sweat does not break out, an extraordinary Difcharge- of Urine is the Confequence, which is t fometimes followed likewife by a Pur¬ ging-and that one or more of the natural Evacuations are almoft always increafed by • • it.