A probationary essay on tropical fever, as observed in the island of Trinidad, during uninterrupted practice there, from the year 1816 up to 1838 : submitted, by authority of the President and his Council, to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, when candidate for admission into their body, in conformity to their regulations respecting the admission of ordinary fellows / by Thomas Anderson.

  • Anderson, Thomas.
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1849
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    stage. And with respect to particular systems, with- out following to extremes the doctrines of Broussais, the state of the gastro-intestinal mucous membrane is not to be overlooked in the indications of cure. I may, however, hazard the remark, that the system inculcated in the British schools of medicine ap- pears to me to be that best founded, as avoiding equally the extremes of the medecine expectante, and the medecine perturbatrice. Excessive doses of Chloride of mercury, my ex- perience would lead me to oppose; particularly, if given uncombined, when exhibited in such large doses, as from 20, even as far as 60 grains, which I have seen practised. There is reason to believe it exerts an injurious effect on the gastro-intestinal mucous membrane, as it has the effect, in such doses, of occasioning dark tarry dejections; when given so as to affect the system, it is equally objectionable; when ptyalism does ensue in cases of recovery, there is no proof that the favourable termination has been the result of mercurial action ; and in such cases, the cure is always protracted, and relapses are more frequent and fatal. POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS. I have been present at many post mortem exa-