ENPages That Mention Dr Philip Syng Physick
Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Benjamin Barton Smith notebook on materia medica circa 1796-1798. B MS b52.1, Countway Library of Medicine.
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Materia Medica
Blisters
Pyrosis. When the disease does not yield to mild means, Blisters should be used on the Epigastric Region and sometimes on the ancles and calves of the legs.
Bite of the Rattle Snake. Blisters have been employ’d, an account of this practice I have published in the Philadelphia Transactions of Medicine.
Small Pox. Dr Driensder apply’d a blister on the arm with much advantage, where he was afraid of violent inflamation.
Incontinence of Urine. They should be apply’d upon the sacrum or pubis, so as to keep up the stranguary.
Gangrene. In gangrene they are verry serviceable, stopping the disease almost immediately. I refer you to Dr Physicks valuable paper in the Phylosophical Transactions of Philadelphia.