The genuine works of Hippocrates, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Book V., 2, Syd. Soc. edit.

I would beg leave to call the attention of my professional readers to the guarded and judicious manner in which pleurisy is treated by our author, beginning with hot fomentations to the side, and gradually advancing to the more active means, namely, purging and venesection. It will be remarked that Hippocrates holds depletion to be the only legitimate mod...