Observations on the influenza, or epidemic catarrh : as it appeared in Bristol and its environs, during the months of May and June, 1782. To which is added, a meteorological journal of the weather / by A. Broughton.

  • Broughton, Arthur, -1796.
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[1782?]
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Credit: Observations on the influenza, or epidemic catarrh : as it appeared in Bristol and its environs, during the months of May and June, 1782. To which is added, a meteorological journal of the weather / by A. Broughton. 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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    ■C >8 ] There were fome praftitioners who on the fir ft attack of the fymp- toms of fever recommended the ufe of blood-letting, and I know of none who died under this prac- tice. I am, however, much in- clined to fufped that all thofe treated in this manner were much longer in recovering than thofe in whom the lancet was not ufed ;* although in many the fymptoms of inflammation ran very high, yet a purgative remedy generally pro- cured fome remiflion; that moft commonly ufed was the deco6lura Tamar. cum Sena. Where the fymptoms of fever ran very high, with great oppreflion and difficulty of breathing, a folution of emetic Tartar fo as to produce vomiting, feemed to afford much relief, and where it produced fome degree of diaphorefis * In very full, plethoric habits it. may perhaps be ad- vifeable to take away a few ounces of blood, but it fliould always be done with caution.