Volume 1

The works of John Fothergill, M.D. ... / by John Coakley Lettsom.

  • John Fothergill
Date:
1783-1784
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Credit: The works of John Fothergill, M.D. ... / by John Coakley Lettsom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Calor enim nimius acrimoniam gignit, unde fti- mulus partibus nervofis: hinc iterum febrilis seftus fitifque, fortafle delirium, huic fupervenit; ab auta fluidorum mole anxietas praecordia in- feftat: quum interim calore crafliora deveniunt fluida, coagulantur, et inepta magis redduntur ad exitum fibi aperiendum per ea loca quae faepe indigitat natura, fciz. per fauces vel inteftina. Exigunt haec mala coagulati in vafis exhalanti- bus utriufque loci refolntionem, evacuationem, reliquifque conciliatam fluiditatem, nec auta in- terim febre plufquam per lene opiatum tuto coerceri queat. Qui praedita [§' 13, 18, 39, 49.] de emeticorum effetibus, tum in fluida, tum in folida, in mentem revocaverit, haec non inepta efle auxilia, imo aptiflima forfan praedica- bit. De febribus acutis agens Sydenhamus haec profert, (a) tc Saepe miratus fum, inquit, dum tc forte materiem vomitu rejetam aliquando (e curiofe contemplabar, eamque neque mole f< valde fpetabilem, nec pravis qualitatibus in- •<c fignem, qui fatum fuerit, ut aegri tantum le- 5C vaminis exinde fenferint; nempe vomitu per- ff ato faeva illa fymptomata (naufea v. g. anxi- ff etas, jactationes, fufpiria lutuofa, linguae ni- ff gredo, &c.) quae et ipfos excruciarant, et ad- flantes perterrefacerent, mitigari folent ac fol- vi, quodque morbi reliquum efl tole- ?f rari.” Quum vero ex antea dictis pateat, fluida crafia folvi, canales obturatos reddi trana- (a) Sydfnhami Op. fed. i, cap. 4, E 3 biles.