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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![03 ] thro5 the Noftrils, and frequently raifes Pim¬ ples and fmall Blifters on the Skin of the upper Lip; but it is rnoffc obvious in Chil¬ dren, who often have this Part, the Corners pf the Mouth, the Cheek of that Side on which they moft commonly lie, blifterid or excoriated. It is probable, as hath been already hinted (p. 39), that Part of the fame virulent Matter, pair¬ ing down the Oefophagus into the Stomach and Inteftines, ads upon them as it does upon the Skin, when applied to it externally • it frets and corrodes the Parts it touches, and produces that Sicknefs, Vomiting, Purging, and Faintnefs, which fometimes accompany this Difeafe in different Parts of its Progrefs. In Children, and very young Subjects, the Symptoms arifing from this Caufe are yet more dangerous: The natural Softnefs and Laxity of the Parts liable to be affeded, dif- pofes them to fuffer by it much more than Adults: At the fame time they are commonly alike incapable of promoting the Difcharge of this Matter themfelves, and of admitting Af- liftance from'others, being generally, if the Diftemper is not very mild, either comatous and ftupid, or delirious and untradable. If Gargles are injeded, they either prevent them from reaching the Seat of the Diforder, by their Tongues, or they fwallow them, and the putrid Taint of the Ulcers, together; the Mifchief fpreads beyond the Power of Art to reftrain](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30546266_0073.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
