Excerpt from Philadelphia Medical Times, Vol. 8: A Bi-Weekly Journal of Medical and Surgical Science; December 8, 1877 When not To give iron (t/ze Medical Press and Circular, October 3, - Dr. Milner Fothergill has contributed a few very practical remarks on the contra-indications for giving this drug. As long, he says, as there' is rapidity of pulse combined with rise of temperature, so long must iron be withheld in the treatment of acute disease. As long, moreover, as the tongue is thickly coated, or red and irritable, it is as well to withhold chalybeates altogether. This is particularly true Of phthisis: no matter what the other indications are, it is useless, and sometimes worse than useless, to give it unless the tongue be clean without irritability. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.