An essay on fevers : to which is now added, A dissertation on the malignant-ulcerous sore-throat / by John Huxham, M. D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, and of the Royal Society at London.

John Huxham

Date:: [1785?]

Credit: An essay on fevers : to which is now added, A dissertation on the malignant-ulcerous sore-throat / by John Huxham, M. D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, and of the Royal Society at London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$44 Vigour to expel the Al'lcufe by ^ pro- per trjfjs; but the' pMvk^ 3re pale'j jvan'/fefiile, .and jrtijijii'n'crude an^ jvithout any regular maturation. And this often the cafc.in ptber ^rup^iye' fevers, even the pbgue itfdf., : I he rcalon wfc ban- to bleed, tb^rei- forcj-intbe bcginobig of fui-b fevers, is to prevent • the ,fcj;er.fr9ni..running tpobigb, and producing i.nJiamjna- tlons.'xjf: ibe .bilainv liiogs,' ox other vital, parts;, which, a^reat iulr.els of ricb .denfe blcbd,: eWiLsnitl^'moved and heated, ..is. viiry. Apt to. bring .on.— In truth,33lefia.-gnh. a to'ntagiousidif- ieafe,. as .abfibg.: mejely .fxotn.,' con.t?- gipni -feeins. not iridi(:at£;i i ,be<?aufe ibe' contaig^on' is. intimatQly niibced wirh tb.e iiUxnGurS,:afid* .by. dfaw,irig OiF.a.iinall P^irt oT'the, .blood, you very: littleiileflen.thf; vvbole:cc)ntagion, which w.iIlLa;je.itsfiffei?t,!.raci;e or lefs, wbiCtheryQu bCl&d .or bleed Jiot, And \veifind,'.by the experiment pf inocu- lation^ that tjieieall:' quaniU-ty of the variokius iiiatterj'Mntroduced into.'the . blood j:!w.ill .produce. tlie ,.faial(- pox : anH .vviniee .the.fame.'in. other cafes, \fehetliet.the bit e of ,.a ; yiper. or ' mad dog J in!the JatJcr of .yzhacih, by the bye,-a fiaail TOCiujiri.is..'g£nera]iy found ^t'oxfe^thaiii^.jiaj-ge lacerated. one,' be- came tills eivesJa mc£cc.,|4:epye£it.ag^in. torthep^ifca;-.. T-M': . 1-iWbep .^5>u;'$a,ye !int}ma.tely; m.I,x.ed a4y ferni.gn.t' yiith j^. Jijrjuor Jp jie fe,r- mented.i you c^nnpt ?'t;tlrpy.xhe fprr inentatioiiibyidrawiiigtQff 'pai^iQf tl^e Ijc^uor ^. fojc/ey^xn.pkft'cd ^the jigsor when Ln\'fermeoiajticai,: i^,.:a ^j^rnigrit. So contagion|!recGi icii i'litQ tbe'hlpci'iy ope 'azes'.bn antf in- eyery; pg,ft qf ^ if,-. 3By cooling, ■ indeqi'', pl^iing-acidl, &c. you.:may ma£asatj:,.the .feri^enh <:^ti9nj: and i\yiieii.:it\i5..tooiyjQlent, yau may prev'eotVtihe'trpIiUing of :t}»e ve0ef (if .too IfiilJ' afc.d 'clof^ ftmtj.py gi'cing proper.vcn:t,* So'.'ija.cont.-vgipU9 ' levers,tby:,(ii5^vvipg;;jjp^*.,lggo.«t' %o,a> inay ieCcn its.cjuaij'i-it^^ ^nd prevent it from cY^r.diflendjng, iniflapiinu, §nd rending the veilds, andlejl^jai.tb.ehe^t; which might otherwfle.. v.er.j». grpfttly ^u-nr^^-nt the force x>£ tU cp^it!^^i>n, ■ ' .,'.n * -f- and turn the whole mafs of humoufif into & mere jnllammatoiy j^lew.-W But if, to carry on the finvlc, cool the fermenting liquor too much} and prfc;naturely fupprefb,tbe fermcn- fation, you render the whole vapi4 and ropy, anc} it never purif es itfelf hy a pro] er de.fpurr at:ion,'or becpraes a gobd vinous liquor. Thus wheq contagion is received, ^if you weaken the powers of nature , too rnuch bj( blee^iijig, &cc. and hinder h^r opera-, tipris in defpumating''(as ;3y4?.nhara calls it) ; the morbid, humours, y^pij concentrate die difeafe, wbith .turn? ;he whcle rnafs of blood info a pjitrid ichor, oj fanies. I^oWever, as ble&cti ing. may leffen the fev. el, Aough ij d.oth/not, extinguifh the contagious fire, it is highly proper where'there is a redundance of blood, ^utyet the infeflTon will have its efreft ; aild J bave fefen as' Yiumerpus and as baji a kind p£ fmall-ppx, after ' profu» bleeding, as ever I- did when i.t ha4 been omitted. It is certain, morci over, that the plague, which ft,a«ds firlt in the lift of contagious feversj will very feldcm bear bleeding,'to any 'd?|;ree at jleaft, as appears from- die very.beft ajuthorities: ' ' ' But let'us'finifh this.chapter witha fe.w v. ords on the cuirative in'.entions, pfoper in the .fevers which it parti- 9ularly'treats pf. Arld;^here firftJeJ nic note, that though malignant an4 peiliiential fevers,'at the very onfeti greatly iink the fpiyits, and .cau^ £i}Rp?i(irig and fuddch , .weaknei^ efpecially, when from cont^gipn ^ yf^ ^|j^cdi?\g, to fopie .degr^? i^'molt 'GOin^ rnpiify reqqifi ' (nay,. nect^kn-.ih thft ^Xc^n4 a}>d pieikonc.): jiPt pi)l,y: to le/Toj ■ bd^^ 'ni'olrs ■m'o-vi,afpas ar\,d ^ivef ■ ajfro^ {ihj^ to the ofciilating veCeis^.but alJ^ jo.pre\;e.nt any iftfla^xintatpry pibnfuCT dpnsi ;\y.hich n:\ay\forj|i ijti'., the. yCiy beginnings and li.Ve\X'ife to moderate tip e frit tipn an I'. he? t,, nv h i? h; .are of(qo te/y cpnfide'fable for ^he Ji^R.daysjqf the dji^rder, and which mpTe a^ mofe exalt the falts and fulphurs pf tbf blibod,''^ tncieafe'the .^crimony fiutrefcenfiiat^' otJthe hiiffiouf^, alji r • • ! ' ■ grc^atf^$