A new theory of acute and slow continu'd fevers : wherein, besides the appearances of such, and the manner of their cure, occasionally, the structure of the glands, and the manner and laws of secretion, the operation of purgative, vomitive, and mercurial medicines, are mechanically explained. To which is prefixed, An essay concerning the improvements of the theory of medicine.
- George Cheyne
- Date:
- 1744
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A new theory of acute and slow continu'd fevers : wherein, besides the appearances of such, and the manner of their cure, occasionally, the structure of the glands, and the manner and laws of secretion, the operation of purgative, vomitive, and mercurial medicines, are mechanically explained. To which is prefixed, An essay concerning the improvements of the theory of medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ H2 ] ihe Application to the general Calculations of Come particular Cafes. E all know, that in a conti¬ nued hot Fever, the Perfpi- ration is aim oft or altogether fuppreffed not only fome time before, but very often, during the whole time of its Period. And SanSio- rius in the 6th Aphorifm of his i ft Sedft. fays, That if the meat or drink taken in one day ; amount to 8 Pounds, the infen- fible Perforation, will be 5 Pounds: Hence the Proportion of the daily Repaft to the Perfpiration, is as 8 to 5, and the Quantity taken by the Mouth is 8 Pounds. Let us luppofe he takes 6 Pounds of meat and drink the next day, the third 4 Pounds, and the fourth 2, and on the fifth he falls fick of a Fever, then by the firft Step of the general Calculation, the Mafs of the Blood will be augmented by 12](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30781164_0150.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
