Tracts on delirium tremens, on peritonitis, and on some other inflammatory affections, and on the gout. By Thomas Sutton …

Name: Tracts on delirium tremens, on peritonitis, and on some other inflammatory affections, and on the gout. By Thomas Sutton ...
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[Sutton, Thomas (1767-1835)].
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London, Printed by J. Moyes, for Thomas Underwood, 1813. 8:o. (4) leaves, 272 pp. Publisher’s paper boards & paper spine. Opened but uncut interior. Very fine and tight copy. Exlibris ‘Library of The Bath United Hospital’ in side front cover, also their stamp ‘Bath Medical Library’ recto title and on last page. From the library of Denis Leigh, with his name label and a note with pen on fly-leaf.

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G&M 4925. Hunter & Macalpine pp. 679-683. Norman Catalogue 2034 ‘Sutton was the first to publish a description of alcoholic delirium tremens, in which he gave it its name and distinguished it from other delirious conditions. He treated the condition successfully with large doses of opium and with mild purges’. First Edition. Sutton's original description, which gave its name to delirium tremens. Sutton clearly distinguished this condition from other psychoses associated with brain diseases and described his successful treatments with opium. He also clearly recognized the connection to chronic alcohol consumption and practiced in Kent. Contents: On Delirium Tremens; On Peritonitis; On the Gout.

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