A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera / by Christopher Robert Pemberton.

  • Pemberton, Christopher Robert, 1765-1822.
Date:
1820
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera / by Christopher Robert Pemberton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    the pains of the patient, has been a milk diet, and small doses of Calomel and Ci- cuta ; but the Calomel should not be given in such quantities as sensibly to affect the system. R Hydrarg : submuriat: gr. ss. Extract: Conii gr. viij. Contunde simul et fiant pilulae duae, e quibus sumat unam bis quotidie. I must not however conceal that a tem- porary relief is all that can be expected under complaints so deplorable. In addition to the diseases of the Stomach, which have been here enumerated, I should add a continued state of vomiting, unat- tended by pain, without any appearance of Hernia, or any symptoms which would indicate original affection of the Brain. This is a disease which attacks those who are advanced in life. The efforts to vomit are very violent, and almost inces- sant : The patient rejects every thing the