Fevers And Blood Poisoning

Another small book by Dr. Burnett – dealing with fevers and blood poisoning cases with special reference to the use of Pyrogenium as the remedy. A valuable commentary on the utility of Pyrogenium in septic fevers & it's comparison with the other commonly indicated remedies. Burnett has included detailed case notes and gives a history of how and why he came to experiment with Pyrogenium, firstly on himself and then on patients – a fascinating read. Not only this, he has on the pretext of Dr. Drysdale explained the potency and dosage of Pyrogen advised to the small children and babies.The book gives the reference of many drugs and their indications in fevers and poisoning such as Aconite, Atropine, Belladonna, Eau- de- cologne, Merc. biniod, Pyrogen, Quinine, serpent poisons and many more.A work coming from the most eminent physician of all times is reliable as well as commendable to look upon for the reference of looking into the matter of pyrexia.