The case of a hydrophobia / By Dr. Fothergill. Reprinted from the fifth volume of Medical observations and inquiries. By a a [sic] society of physicians in London. With additions.

  • John Fothergill
Date:
1778
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Credit: The case of a hydrophobia / By Dr. Fothergill. Reprinted from the fifth volume of Medical observations and inquiries. By a a [sic] society of physicians in London. With additions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    phed. Broth, milk, eggs, in various fhapes, may be exhibited in fmall quan¬ tities, that they may be retained, whilft larger promote their own rejection. Secondly, by baths. It is probable that by this method large fupplies of fluids may be introduced into the habit, by means of the abforbent vefiels, placed on the furface of the body every where. Whether any ufeful additions can be made to warm water can be determined only by experience. Perhaps broth, mode¬ rately falted, with the addition of aromatic herbs, might be ufed alternately, with warm water, to which may be added a handful or two of that compofition fold by the perfumers under the name of Pot Pourric, and a proportion of Bay Salt, fufficient to make it nearly equal to fait water, or about twelve ounces to every four gallons. Whatever bath is made choice of, the patient fhould continue in it as long as it is eafy to him, and in a degree of heat that he bears with pleafure, perhaps* from 80 to 86 degrees of Fahrenheit’s F Ther-
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