"Diaphoresis" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rapid walk or trot for twenty miles or more, after which he administered copious draughts of a hot decoction of broom tops, as much for its moral effect as for its value in sustaining and prolonging established diaphoresis. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 • Various
... vomit, purge, or sweat, either according to the quantity exhibited, or as a part of what is given is evacuated. Thus a quarter of a grain of emetic tartar (if well prepared) will promote a diaphoresis, if the skin be kept warm; half a grain will procure a stool or two first, and sweating afterwards; and a grain will generally vomit, and then purge, and lastly sweat the patient. In less quantity it is probable, that this medicine acts like other ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin |
