An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / [John Fothergill].
- John Fothergill
- Date:
- 1751
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / [John Fothergill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![I«] but under the like Reftridtions (k). They generally made ufe of Manna, Rhubarb, Sen-* na, Tamarinds, Syrup of Rofes, and the like, for this Purpofe. But it was always incuL cated, that, in directing thefe Evacuations, the Patient’s Strength was efpecially to be regarded* fince whatever diminifhed this, in the End was undoubtedly prejudicial (/). Severinus orders an antimonial Vomit to be given at the firft Attack, and a cooling gently aftringent Gargle to be ufed Night and Day. He then orders a Clyfter, takes away fome Blood from the Jugular, and gives from xv to xxi Grains of Bezoar Mi¬ neral twice a Day, or oftener, as Occafion requires, with thin diluting Liquors, in or¬ der to raife and promote a moderate Sweat. He gives five or fix Grains of the fame Me¬ dicine to Children at the Breaft, and com¬ mends it highly. He fcarifies the difcolour’d Parts in the Fauces, in order to let out the corrofive Virus; a Practice, which, though it was recommended by the Spaniards [m)9 _ _ was (,k) Quod evacuandum morbus expofcir, evacuetur bre~ yiifime. Idem, p. 102. (/)— in morbis malignis breviter deftruentibus vires, Ct pofcentibus (irnul robur animaiis virtutis ad fui fana~ tionem, multum evacuare non licet. Heredia, p, 102. ,(m) Si vero malum non mitefcat, fed gravius affligafc partem, quod confabit ex lucido aut nigro colore, vel fx nimia mollitudire—cum intolerabili faetore, fcari. ficabitur](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30546266_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
