A collection of treatises on the effects of sol-lunar influence in fevers, with an improved method of curing them / [Francis Balfour].

  • Balfour, Francis, -1818
Date:
1811
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Credit: A collection of treatises on the effects of sol-lunar influence in fevers, with an improved method of curing them / [Francis Balfour]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    appears at one view in the preceding synoptical arrangement,* and when stated precisely in numbers amounts to this. 1st. That on every day of the thirty comprehended in the record, excepting onef,the barometer constantly fell between ten at night and six in the morning ; and that progressively, and without any intermediate rising excepting in one instance^:. 2<f. That on every day of the thirty comprehended in the record, without one exception, the barometer constantly rose between six and ten in the morning; and that progressively, and without any intermediate falling, excepting in two in- stances^ ||. 3d. That on every day of thirty comprehended in the re- cord, without one exception, the barometer constantly fell be- tween ten in the morning and six in the evening; and that progressively, and without any intermediate rising in any in- stance. 4th. That on every day of the thirty comprehended in the record, excepting two«f[ **, the barometer constantly rose be- tween six and ten in the evening; and that progressively and without any intermediate falling in any instance f f. * The original Table to which I here refer, being omitted in the republi- cation of this Treatise, I cannot now replace it; but it is to be found in th« lYth Volume of the Asiatic Researches. Between the 20th and 21st— Vid. Synopsis, t Between the 22d and 23d—ditto. § On the 11th, - - -—ditto. ]| On the 23d, - - —ditto. On the 15th, - - -—ditto. ** On the 20th, - - —ditto. *}* *}* My observations agree also with those of Mr Farquhar and Dr Mose- ley in this, “ that the mercury remains stationary, for some hours, at its low- est and highest, degrees,” S s