A defence of a late treatise intitled, An inquiry into the nature, cause and cure, of the present epidemick fever. In answer to the objections of Dr. Henry Hele. In which the rise and progress of the controversy, on this subject, is explain'd. Together with an appendix. Containing, all the papers, relating to it, which have hitherto been printed ... / [John Barker].
- John Barker
- Date:
- 1743
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A defence of a late treatise intitled, An inquiry into the nature, cause and cure, of the present epidemick fever. In answer to the objections of Dr. Henry Hele. In which the rise and progress of the controversy, on this subject, is explain'd. Together with an appendix. Containing, all the papers, relating to it, which have hitherto been printed ... / [John Barker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[x6] blooded twice more in the Arm, he had a fecond large Haemorrhage, of the fame Kind, within two Days, which proved a compleat Salutary Crifisy And happy it was for him that it did fo ; fince the repeated Bleeding was the mod likely Me¬ thod to prevent fuch a Crifs. And indeed the Dr. feems to allow as much, for the unfortun¬ ate Particle, (thoy) implies, that, notwithftand- ing all fuitable means were ufed to prevent a Crifls, yet Nature was ftrong enough to bring on a compleat Salutary Crifls* and defeat the Do&or. BUT to bring my Remarks upon this Pa¬ ragraph to a Conclufion; tho’ the Cafe of Mr. Crooker may perhaps (hew that a low deprejsd Pulfe and a full and flrong one may, in fome few Inftances, proceed from the fame Caufe, viz. a fulnefs of the Vefiels, and require the fame manner of Treatment, yet it does not follow that this is generally true, as Mr. Cox afferts and Dr. Hele, after him, feems to think. If a low deprefsd Pulfe did generally pro¬ ceed from the fame Caufe as a full and flrong one, the former wou’d in general be an Indica¬ tion for Bleeding, which no Phyflcian will fay it is. In fliort, if this Propofition cou’d be evinced to be generally true, it wou’d fet a fide the principal Diftindtion between high, and low, and nervous Fevers. I * Obfervations, pag. S. This Obfervation of Mr. Cox*s is a general one, fince he is fpeaking, in this Pafiage, of the Epidemick Fever in general, and not of any particular Cafe, or Cafes, as any one may eafily fee, by turning to the Obfervations? and it was as fuch that I took the Liberty to remark upoq it. See the Inquiry, pag. 87.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30517278_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
