02244cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000060010610000310011224501050014326400510024830000470029933600260034633700260037233800360039850000310043450802070046552011200067253400450179265300130183765300490185085600430189958861UtSlPG20260610134345.0mcr n260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aR1 aRush, Benjamin,d1746-181310aMedical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 3 :bThe Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2019  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2019-02-27  aE-text prepared by MWS, Jens Nordmann, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)  a"Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 3" by Benjamin Rush is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This volume delves into the theory of fever, offering an analytical framework for understanding its causes, symptoms, and treatment methods based on empirical observations from the author’s medical practice.   The opening of the volume introduces Rush's theoretical foundation for fever, describing how various forms of fevers arise from a general state of debility in the body. He elaborates on the conditions that lead to this debility, detailing natural and unusual stimuli that can precede a fever. Moreover, Rush discusses the interplay between debility, excitability, and stimuli, proposing a unified theory of fever's characteristics and variances. Through an in-depth exploration of how fevers manifest and can be treated, particularly referencing observed cases and historical contexts, he seeks to consolidate his insights into a comprehensive understanding of the subject, setting the stage for the subsequent sections of the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aMedicine  aYellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58861