An inaugural dissertation on the efficacy of certain external applications / by Henry Jackson.

  • Jackson, Henry, 1778-1840.
Date:
1802
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the efficacy of certain external applications / by Henry Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tory test, and found that by sitting still, with nothing on me but a flannel morning gown, the state in which the greater part of my experiments were performed, the frequency of my pulse was diminished twelve beats in a minute. It must, however, at the same time be observed, that this diminution in frequency was not attended by a diminution in any other respect. The fulness of the pulse appeared to increase in pro- portion as its frequency was lessened. These con- siderations will be applied by the candid reader to the individual experiments. SWEET OIL. In Italy there has existed, for many years, the practice of anointing the body with olive oil in fevers ....a practice that has been strenuously recommended by the physicians of that country. This remedy has been used, not only in inflammatory, but also in bilious, and what have been improperly termed pu- trid fevers. Professor Murray, however, from theory I fancy, and not from observation, objects to it, and adds, as the reason, that it cannot fail to debilitate the stomach, to produce nausea and vomiting, and, from the strong smell which heat soon gives it, to corrupt the bile and increase the fever. Suspicious that a practice so ancient, and so strongly recommended, could not be perfectly inert, and to see the effects of olive oil when applied to the surface of the body, I underwent the following ex- periment :