On the work of the Medical Society of London in the advancement of therapeutics and the science of medicine : the annual oration delivered before the Medical Society of London on May 1st, 1871 / by Wm. Cholmeley.

  • Cholmeley, William, 1823-1896.
Date:
1871
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    amined it, recorded their opinion—“That the Society can- not properly take cognizance of it, it being calculated to introduce some empirical nostrum of the authoress, which is to cure fevers in general.” One cannot but feel curious to know a little more about this Dorothea Anna Maria Lucia Hogan Horickvan Lobrecht, who thus wrote an essay for the first gold medal offered by the Medical Society of London. Was she a forerunner, a type of the Medical ladies of the present day ? If so, then, “ appearing ere the times were ripe,” and lacking, I suppose, the mental force necessary for making her mark on the age in which she lived, she seems to have disappeared into the darkness and oblivion that envelope many another apostle of progress; for the above entries in the records of your Society tell all that I can discover concerning this learned lady of the multi- tudinous names. The first paper read before the Society, in September, 1773, appears to have been “ On Loss of Voice,” by Dr. John Millar, the President; and the second, read the same evening, was by that untiring and eminent supporter of the Society, Dr. Lettsom, and was entitled “ Some Observations on the Cause of Pain in Chronic Rheumatism but only the titles of the papers are given in the minutes. At the next meeting Dr. Sims contributed “ An Essay on the Ability of the Physician to Cure Simple Feversand Mr. Blizard a paper “ On the Use of Bell-metal Mortars in Apothecaries’ Shops;” and in December, Dr. Lettsom read some “Obser- vations on the use of Cold Bathing in Fevers, and on the Effects of Perspiration;” and a paper “ On the use of Elm- bark in the Cure of Leprosy.” The bell-metal mortar ques- tion may be regarded as settled; and I suppose we are pretty well agreed that we may guide a patient through a fever, but cannot cure it; but we are still questioning and writing about the value and safety of cold applications in fevers, and our German brethren especially are pointing out their great efficacy in typhus and other pyretic conditions ; and the value of elm-bark in skin diseases remains undetermined. I -0.
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