| Description Of Item | Press cutting of pages 281 to 282 from the Medical Circular, originally published 3 May 1865. Abstract of a paper on ‘Delirium or Acute Insanity during the decline of Acute Diseases, especially the Delirium of Collapse,’ written by Hermann Weber, FRCP [Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians]. The paper, focussing on delirium occurring toward the end of acute diseases, presented seven different cases. In all cases, the treatment comprised of stimulants and opiates, putting the patient to sleep until the delirium had passed. On page 282, there is the beginning of another article commenting on this paper and its reading to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society on 11 April 1865. It reports the opinion of [James] Alderson, president of the society.
From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |