John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

  • Kenneth Dewhurst
Date:
1963
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Credit: John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Madnesse Thursd. Nov. 11. Where a man argues right upon wrong notions or p- 348 termes he does like a madman, where he makes wrong consequences he does like a foole. Madnesse seeming to me to lie more in the imagina tion, and folly in the discursive. Febris Tuesd. 16 Nov. Monday night goeing to see Mr. Herbert I found him in bed a sleepe and in a litle sweat with a feaverish pulse. He had been taken the Saturday before in the after noon with a pain in his stomach. Next day swelling in his face and throat which with an inclination to vomit, want of appetite and sleepe these symptoms increased till today. H. in good high feaver, pain in the head, tongue white and moist, great sicknesse in the stomach and inclination to vomit, red swelling out wardly in his face and throat which were soe far inwardly that there was difficulty of swallowing, and symptoms of slight angina. [Bled] up to 8 or 9 ozs. Because of the failing of his spirits an extraction of a large quantity was prevented. Blood pleuritic. A clyster at 4 of the afternoon. Rx. | pint of common decoction for clysters. 1 oz. of [honey ofMercury], 4 ozs. of red sugar, the yolk of one egg. Mix. Make a clyster. This produced 4 motions. Diet—no flesh or wine. Take 6 ozs. of plaintain water, 4 ozs. of red roses, 4 whites of egg reduced in water, 1 oz. of white sugar candy. Make a gargle. This was often employed and afforded relief. Wed. Nov. 17. The preceding night almost sleepless, swelling and other affections of the throat lessened. Pulse febrile, tongue coated but moist; sickness and vomiting. In a short time he took i| pints of a warm thin posset. Then the sicknesse and vomiting stopped. Consider whether it was on this account that he seemed to employ copious draughts of liquid, and if in at least some fevers this very uncomfortable condition of a sick person could not be cured comfortably by this method. At the first hour the clyster was repeated and worked three times with alleviation. His appetite was restored to some extent and he himself was more cheerful and the headache was quite cured. Up all day hitherto. pp-f355-ö Thürs. Nov. 18. On the preceding night H. slept twice, for 4 hours each time. Half an hour after his last nap a sweat came on of itself and not excessive. During his sweat the pulse was febrile, the tongue coated and moist, the affections of the throat ceased, and the pain and fatigue of the throat which had wearied the patient for two or three days vanished. When the sweat stopped after two or three hours a slight ailment of the stomach returned, which remained all that day. His
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