Verdict of coroners' juries : the case of the late Mr. Cordwell / by P. F. Curie.

  • Paul Curie
Date:
1845
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Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Plain watei' would be the best thing i/n many inflammatory com- plaints ; but we must allow toast and water, or barley-water, for the purpose of satisfying the patient. In consequence of the thirst a great deal of drinh must be taken. This shovld be cold, unless the patient wish to have it warm.” Again, in cases of continued fever, the same Author says— “ Upon the whole, a downright cool drink,—plenty of cold WATER, is one of the best things that can*be given.” These authorities would seem amply sufficient to justify a practitioner in enforcing strict abstinence in cases where it appears to his judgment to he necessary; and notwithstanding the new authority arrayed against them in the person of Mr. Wakley, supported by an unprofessional Jury, I believe they will still be received with deference. * Mr. Wakley in addition to having much to learn from our highest medical authorities, shows himself far behind his ordinary colleagues in a knowledge regarding the periods during which abstinence may be pro- longed, and of the peculiar tendency of fever to produce a state of the nervous system somewhat analogous to that produced by alcohol, in which life may be preserved for a long time under an absence of nutrition. The following paragi-aph appeared last month in the Glasgow Journal— “ Singular Circumstance.—On Monday morning, when some work- men commenced the repair of a house at the foot of Maxwelton Street, Glasgow, which had for some time been untenanted, they found a woman sitting in one corner with the door bolted upon her, and nearly in a life- less state, as she well might, in consequence of her having voluntarily confined herself in that place for twenty-four days. Jn consequence of a difference with some of her family, it is understood she had locked her- self up in this deserted dwelling with the view of starving herself to death. When found she was sadly emaciated, but with assistance was able to walk some distance to the house of a 7'elative, We understand it IS THE OPINION OF A MEDICAL GENTLEMAN WHO VISITED HER, THAT SHE
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