A treatise on the fevers of Jamaica, with some observations on the intermitting fever of America, and an appendix, containing some hints on the means of preserving the health of soldiers in hot climates / by Robert Jackson.
- Robert Jackson
- Date:
- 1791
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on the fevers of Jamaica, with some observations on the intermitting fever of America, and an appendix, containing some hints on the means of preserving the health of soldiers in hot climates / by Robert Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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![fuccefs of cold bathing, in fome inftances fimilar to the prefent, fo far exceeded my expectation that 1 was induced to make trial of it in the cafe before me, though I was not altogether without apprebenfions that death might be the confe- quence of the attempt. The bufinefs, however, was accomplifhed without accident; and next day the boy was able, not only to fit up in bed, but even to walk over the fioor. After inltances fo unequivocal as the above, it would be fuper- fluous to mention any others. I fliallonly add, that I have tried the remedy, in various fitua- tions, always with fafety, generally with afto- nilhing fuccefs; fo that ] cannot forbear re- commending it even at an eaiiy period, in the fevers of the Weft Indies. It communicates tone and vigour to the powers of life, and di- minilhes irritability in a degree far fuperior to all other cordials or fedatives. The bathing vvas managed in the foilowing manner : the water, which was requircd to be of a refrefhing de- gree of coolneis, was generally dafhed by means of a bucket on the head and ftioulders. It was likewife found that its good efTetts were heightcned, in fome cafes, by previous bleed- ing, and by the previous ufe of warm bathing. This may feem a rafh pra£tice to thofe who argue without experience; but, fetting afide the au- thority of rhe ancients, we find lt confirmed by the example of a perfon who was not a phyfi- cian3 and who, therefore may be fuppofed to be lefs under the influence of a favourite opi- njon from which he might be led to difguife G ? the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21440633_0487.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
