Excerpt from Georgia Medical and Surgical Encyclopaedia, 1860, Vol. 1 Dr. Jenner commenced his investigations, while quite a young man, in seventeen hundred and seventy-five. After twenty-three years of hard study, careful research and incessant inquiry, he gave the result of his examinations and experiments to the world; and so highly was it thought of in the kingdom of Great Britain, that, in eighteen hundred and seven, it had surmounted all obsta cles, and Parliament, as a reward for his labors, voted him the sum of twenty thousand pounds sterling. He died of apoplexy, on the twenty-sixth day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-three. The last words of this eminent physician were, I do not marvel that men are grateful to me, but I am surprised that they do not feel gratitude to God for making me a medium of good. The following very beautiful and appropriate lines are engraved upon his monument. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Georgia Medical and Surgical Encyclopaedia, Vol. 1: July, 1860 The treatment of this affection is generally by means of warm baths, blood-letting, and the free use of opium or morphine, until the system is completely relaxed. If the obstruction of the bowels be dependent upon a spasmodic stricture, it will be overcome and the patient recover.. The introduction of air into the intestines by means of a com mon bellows is often used, and, I am happy to say, with some success. The forcing of large glysters into the colon is also recommended; and the introduction of long tubes, and. The forcing of fluids through them, 1has also been suc easefully tried. Quicksilver has been administered, and melted lard given in very large doses. The operation of Laparotomy has been advised and performed for the pur pose of removing the causes of obstruction from the intestines. This operation, however, has met with but little favor, and is, in fact, condemned by many therapeutists. It is now entirely discountenanced by a great majority of the medical profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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