Author : William Braithwaite
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 11,58 MB
Release : 2018-03-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780364341766
Excerpt from The Retrospect of Medicine, Vol. 58: Being a Half-Yearly Journal, Containing a Retrospective View of Every Discovery and Practical Improvement in the Medical Sciences; July-December, 1868 Digitalis. - Digitalis is of use in the treatment of piles, and this owing to the primary action of the remedy being to cause contraction of the capillaries, and the secondary action slow ness and power in the contractions of the heart. -hence its value in the removal of local congestions, such as homor rhoids. The bowels must be relieved by enemata, or castor oil, and digitalis administered in say ten drops of the tincture every three hours. (dr. E. Mackey, p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.