Southern telegraph., 1836-07-08

nc, applied 70 The skin, will nauscate, and !
even produce vomiting. In note on the
S2d page Of the same work, the Df says,
Learn, at an early period Of the disease,
the organ On which the deleterious impress
sion Is nude, and by acting on it promptly
an fOrcibly, BY a suitable Iemediaie agent,
TIE Impression may be extinguished, and
the general affection entirely prevented, or
greatly eurtRilod in its duration, and re-
dueed in It's violence That this is true,
there can be no doubt. The effect Of the
application Of lunar caustie 10 syPhylitic
chanere, in preventing the disease from
becoming constitutional and curing il when
focal, is an example. But the doctor adds,
" The local impression productive Of bilious
lever Is made on the mucous lining of the
stomach. Hence an emetc administered
at the commencement Of the complaint, is
often instrumental in its immediate suppress
slon." Because an emetie, administered
early, prevents an attack, by acting on the
stomach, y relieves patient of fever; it
does not follow that the cause productive
Of thai fever acted upon the same organ.
We can frequennysreleve tooth-ache when
the nerve is exposed, by the administration
OF an emetici as well might it be maintained
ihqt pc cause productive of pain in the
acted upon the mucous lining Of The
stomach, as that the cause productive Of
= fever produces its primary effect upon that
organ, merely from the fact that an emetic,
producing its local impression upon the stO-
mach, prevents or relieves it.
Professor Caldwell, in his analysis Of
fever, also remarks: ave are constantly
swallowing air with our food and our saliva.
i, therefore, there be anoat in the atmos-
phaEe gaseous poison, that also must be
necessarily swallowed, aud brought into
eraani .ass At,teA isddeoEs ssfiifg oi the sto-
mach, and other portions of the prime
yIse, Surprising the poison finds its way
into the stomach, it must produce its impres-
sion upon the nerves Of that organ. We
lnhaie the air into our lungs five times, and
probably ottener, whilst we swallow once,
so that the poison has at least FIVE times the
opportunity Of producing its effect here that
i has upon the stomach, Again, the guam
tity taken into the lungs is far greater than
can possibly be swallowed with our saliva
and food, and the surface exposed to its ac-
tion is far more extensive. Il not only has
an opportunity OF acting upon the bronchial
tubes and air cells, but also upon the nerves
supplying the soft parts through which it
has to pass in its progress into the lungs. 1t
is urged, that the lungs do not possess sufTi-
cient sensibity to convey the morbid i'm
preston, What proof have we Of thisl
Who has not Witnessed the effect produced
by inhaling The nitrous oxide9 If this, by
being inhaled into the lungs, can produce
such exhilirating effects, is it not reasonable
TO suppose that the poison of bilious fever
&c, can produce its effects upon the same
structures. The occurrence of nausea anC
vomiting, which are SO often among the frs
symptoms that present themselves in cases
produced by miasmata, do not afford the
least proof that the poison acts primariI,
on the mucous coat Of the stomach. The
same effect often follows blow upon the
head. Disagreeable odours often produce
the same results; also mental causes, no
unfrequently. Some contend that the poi
son Of bilious fever enters into the circula
Ten, and produces its deletorious impres
A.sll shF0agh sle slediam of the bleed. DIR
Eberle appears to be Of this opinion. In
his practice, he says, at is highly probable
that eriform lebrifc agents enter into the
circulation, and act Immediately on the in.
ternal surface Of the heart, arteries and ca.
pillaries, perhaps more commonly on some
portion Of the latter set Of vessels" In Jus
tice TO the doctor, will here remark thai
he does not appear to believe that these
agents act exclusively through the medium
Of the blood. For he afterwards says, tha
any part Of the organization which expose:
a sensitive surface to the impression O
such causes, may no doubt enable them t.
operate injuriously on the general system.'
The doctor admits that these causes may
produce their effects on any part Of the sys
tenn which presents sensitive surface
How highly improbable it is, then, (not t
say impossible) that these agents ever come
in contact with the skin, the mares, mouti
and fauces, the bronchial tubes and ali
cells, then pass through into the circulation
without doing any injury, and after ming
tuS WIN ttO OtOou9 pLOuuC0 th6lr 0eleleTlOus
effects. DIR, Caldwell very properly OBJ
serves: lfthose epoisons, in passing through
the solids, in pure and undiluted state. 4,
them no harm, they will not be likely to ac
more powerfully and produce greater mis-
chief, after they have been weakened by
mixture with The blood. To contend tina
they do OF might act thus,is to turn sophis,
and advocate an absurdity. As well Nigh
it be maintained that a drop of sulphur
acid, when diffused through several gallon
Of water, is better calculated to irritate an
inhamc denuded portion Of the cults yer
than an undiuted drop"
10 be continued
aHl Afler al, the most natural beau
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