, 2a (which has given rise to a long expo- 
_ sition of the principles which guide him 
~ in the practice of medicine) are simple; 
he considers it a disease of debility, pro- 
duced by debilitating powers existing in 
the atmosphere, and to be cured by keep- 
-ing the patient quiet, and by warmth; 
__ THE symptoms here described, and 
‘the method of cure recommended, do 
“not materially differ from those which 
are mentioricd in the other accounts of 
‘the epidemic already given. Bleeding 
_Was never necessary when the complaint 
‘Appeared in its simple form; but when 
It was combined with peripneumonic 
symptoms, as was frequently the case, a 
_correspondin g mode of treatment became 
“necessary. A full dose of opium has 
_ sometimes suspended the disease, but in 
general this medicine was found to be 
} improper, for in such cases the complaint 
afterwards returned with increased vi- 
} olence. Syrup of poppies was a good 
} anodyne; Toe dpiuat itself diated 
‘to the experience of Dr. Falconer, seemed 
sto do harm, by checking the expectora- 
‘tion. The author’s experience of blis- 
} ters differed from that of most other me- 
} dical men: he found them to be of little 
_ or doubtful efficacy. | 
| With tegardto the nature of this com- 
pe eur, = 
ny DR. Hooper describes the late epide- 
mic as assuming a considerable diversity 
“of forms, and as having its ‘origin iin 
Veauses which exist in the atmosphere. 
The forms under which the epidemic ap- 
eared, Were peripneumonia vera, peri- 
| pneumonia notha, catarrhandacute rheu- 
| ‘ Matism. The symptoms of each of those 
| species of the complaint, and the treat- 
ment required by them, are given under 
‘particular heads; but previous to their 
“being thus separately considered, the 
“author gives the remote causes, which 
eemed to him to dispose to their attack; 
and the general symptoms by which they 
} Were accompanied, together with the 
‘treatment which each of them seemed 
"more especially to require. These symp- 
‘toms are particularly referred to the 
thead, chest, limbs, skin, pulse, tongue, 
‘bowels, and stomach, and the nature and 
P Ans. Rev. Vor. i. 
NOTT ON THE INFLUENZA,—HOOPER ON EPIDEMICAL DISEASES, 
737 
bat should nature require more to relieve 
the complaint; you may then, says he, 
acminister “your stimulant. medicines 
and your warm cordial. drinks, your opi- 
um, your warm wine, and your warm 
spirits and water.” 1 
Art. XIX. On the Influenza, as it appeared in Bristol and its Vicinity, during Part of 
February, March, and Part of April 1803. “By Joun Nott, M.D. pp. 25. 
plaint, the author is adverse go the opi- 
nion of its being contagious, and thinks 
it ascribable to some peculiarities in the 
air, which elude all medical research. 
The reasons which he adduces against 
its contagious nature, are the following, 
viz.—That two or three persons of a nu- 
merous family have had the disease, 
without:any others being affected by it, 
till a fortnight after their recovery ; that 
its propagation in public seminaries has 
been unfrequent and uncertain ; that peo- 
ple who slept together frequently did not 
take it from each othen; that it often at- 
tacked.all the individuals of a large fa- 
mily at almost the same, instant, which 
could hardly argue the progression of 
the centagion from one to another; and 
thatremote villages, and solitary houses, 
have been affected at the precise time of 
its appearance in large cities. The last 
stated fact, it may be observed, is at va- 
riance with those which Dr. Falconer 
mentions on the same subject. 
‘Arr. XX. Observations on the Epidemical Diseases now prevailing in London, with their 
| Divisions, Mode of Treatment, Sc. By Rozert Hoorer, M. D. resident Physician 
| © <to the St. MMary-le-Bone Infirmary; ce. «pp. 48. - j a he 
. 
degree of them a good deal depended 
upon the form of the epidemic with which 
thé patient was attacked.’ The author 
describes the appearance of the tongue 
as having been very uniform. 
‘« From the beginning of the disease,” says 
he, ‘‘ to the termmation,, it is white. in ios 
centre, and its edges are red, and studded 
with very florid papille. ‘ aM 
«« In some instances, the line which sepa- 
rates the red edges from the white centre is 
very distinctly marked, and frothy, while in 
others the whiteness is gradually lost towards 
the sides. ; A : 
<* The whiteness of the tongue appears to 
arise from change of colour in the papiile_ of 
the tongue, and not from inspissated mucus 
covering that organ, though in some this has 
taken place. Wi koif vn 
«« In matiy instances several of the papilla 
are ofa florid red colour, and distinct in the 
midst of the white papillee. ‘This appearance 
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