Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-07-18
IWHoIE No. Sal

appeared equally sol aadthat during the
existence of feyerit must, in sons man
ner be interrupted. The questions ma
turally followed, what is ithe nature of
the lam, and how is it intercepted ! I
read with ayidity the huge volumes of
physicians for an answer to these ques-
tions. !, however, found myself, by
this step, plunged into . wilderness,
without any trace to guide me to my OBJ.
iect, and, therefore, abandoning this de-
vious pursuit, | applied myself to sim
de subject then abouring under an i'm
Permitting fever, That he should be
FIRST chiileSand then heated, and without
any apparent cause to produce such ef.
fects, seemed altogether inexplicahls.
endeayouredt apply the spasM and re-
dcfionof Cullen, as the,eause, The NOR
bifc matter Of others, and then the de-
biEfy Of Brown but found the doc.
trine Of debility As far from the truth as,
either spasn or canvalsion. Ithen turn
ed my attention to the vascular system
expecting to find in the tracks Of the Au-
ids the nature Of the IAN and the cause Of
the interruption. Taking the circulate
ON for my guide, began with the EN-.
-bryo, and throughout all the stages Of
animation found, that the circulation
was forced, but by different powers in
different parts. found that debility was
not security against peripneumony, nor
vigour against an intermittent. ! also
found that the arterial section was not
well impleted during the chill, and that
during the fevet il was too much so. The
fever invariably followingthe chin, sug.
gested 70 me the idea that the fever was
not the. real disease, but was an effect Of.
the real morbid state, and that Il ought
to be treated as an effect only. Pursuing
this reflection I found that the morbi6e
powers, when applied to the fluids, pro-
duced torpidity, but never emanated
fever l found that the stimulus of fe:s
yer was different from all the powers,
whether morhi6c or not, and as none Of
those powers ever operated a direct {.
manation of fever, I concluded that the
stimulus Of fever must be generated in
the body itAeF and would be generated
as often as the Morbi6e sorpescent pow
{ ers we're applied, with. a force adequate
10 the production ola morbid torpidity.
mades some experiments on myself, and
found this position to be correct and
that the same power which produced the
torpidity, ifpresent, invariably correct
ed the fever. This idea led me into the
wide field of medical speculation, and
now ] discovered that the torpescent
powers alone were capable Of producing
the morbid state, and that the same pow
cr that produced il, or any other torpes-
cent power, would correct the fever that.
followed; and that the stimulus offever
was infallibly generated iuthe body dur.
ing themorbid or to.pescent state Of the
Raids. This at once developed the
principle upon which intermitting fepers
depended; and, also, the principle up
on which aHfevers, whether continued,
renlittenf, or intermittent existed, and
shew me the reason, of~,heir existence
together with the remedies in each case,
both natural and artificial, without a pos.
ability of mistake. a,.,..t (. se -
The tendency of all the torpeseent
powers, is 70 produee torpidisy, and they
alone produce the morbid state !; and
this by effseting an inanition 10 the arte-
rial section; aud the tendency Of all the
viVific powers, is to produce activity in
the fluids, and consequently arterial i'm.
pletion, and a preservation of the la1s of
hsalth. ByaProPer application Of the
remidies this law may be preserved,
which is the business of every man, but
more especially Of the physician. The
existing state ofsociety does not admit
Of all its members engaging in suchpur-
suits nor, CAN'T, from a general view
Fof mankiud,s be supposed, that il ever
will. Therefore, good ply stefan, viii
always be valuable acquisition to socie-
ty. Having now the causes. and reme-
dies, Of fever, within my power, Ishan
take the fever of 1904, on account ar iis