This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
In rheumatic endocarditis, on account of the still more serious issues involved in exudation and adhesion, more advocates are to be found for the use of mercury in the hope, at least, of controlling such results. I cannot dogmatize on this question, but I place more confidence in opium and rest.
 
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