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th e s t 6 ^ ecoct -ion, then the sulphate of quinia, may be substituted. Initia v f e convalescence, the use of cincliona or sulphate of quiniathis lten advantageously preceded by infusion of calumba: without861 up reCaU ^ 011 ’ imitation of stomach or febrile symptoms are readily
as' c ; ^ inflammatory diseases. —As a general rule, stimulants and tonics,,r,e Htv° na , are i m P ro P er i n inflammatory diseases. Yet to this state-cas es ’ "^ich applies principally to the first stage, to acute and active!H ariv ’ atl( i to the disease when it occurs in strong and vigorous habits,conceptions exist. Thus, when it takes place in old and debilitatedfo r ltut ions; when it is of a mild or atonic character, and has existedit as ° me time without giving rise to any obvious organic changes; whenc ena mes a n intermittent or even remittent form ; or when it is of aOrqi 111 quality, which experience has shown to be less benefited byad v antiphlogistic measures, cinchona is sometimes admissible and'ity r. a ^ e ° us after evacuations have been made proportioned to the acti-m ati ° Q disease and the vigour of the system. In scrofulous inflam-Wl licl J* ' as of the eye) its value is fully appreciated. In rheumatism, in. disease Morton, Fothergill, Saunders, and Haygarth, have soq atl ” y . re commended it, its use is now obsolete, except under circum-flaw S ? ln ular to those which regulate its employment in ordinary in-i>y? a atl °o- The same remarks apply to its employment in erysipelatous4 a tion, in which it was at one time much esteemed.
Ail j n 'Maladies characterized by atony and debility. —Cinchona is use-c ien c a ^ reat variety of diseases dependent on, or attended by, a defi-^id/ t0ne 01 strength* as indicated by a soft and lax condition of thedy s .. ' Vea -k pulse, incapability of great exertion, impaired appetite, andcanal P tlc symptoms. Thus, in chronic atonic affections of the alimentaryan 0r U Proves very serviceable, especially in some foi-ms of dyspepsia andUlead 5 la ‘ * n these it should be given half an hour, or an hour, before"hen - mes- In some chronic maladies of the nervous system, as chorea,4 ° Ccu rs in delicate girls; also in the neuralgia of weakly subjects.
rtl fication, it is useful in those cases in which tonics and astrin-Uie ^ are obviously indicated; but it has no specific power of checkingMaxa,p ase V as was formerly supposed. In passive hemorrhages, fromAe rfto !° n °f vessels, as in some cases of profuse menstruation, or uterineMth consequent on miscarriage. In profuse mucous discharges
SCt bilit h as in leucorrlicea, excessive bronchial secretion, old( >f &c. In cachectic diseases, as enlargements and indurations
°bsti n , a ” SOr hent glands, of a scrofulous nature, strumous ophthalmia,Al S o io u tcers, See. (see Dr. J. Fordyce, Med. Obs. and Inq. i. 184).tered '' en ereal diseases, when the secondary symptoms occur in shat-b'kety - • broken-down constitutions, and after the full use of mercury,lie * n s °me of the chronic skin diseases, which are seen in cachec-
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f ev er, convalescence of either acute or chronic lingering diseases, asiiapo’ r> ' a mmation, hemorrhage, profuse suppuration, &c.; also afterHo c ] a surgical operations, when the strength is greatly reduced. Inthan cases is the efficacy of cinchona or its alkaloids more manifest
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a * a topical astringent and antiseptic .—The efficacy of cinchona asln gent and antiseptic depends on tannic acid. But as many
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