An account of the putrid sore throat / [John Fothergill].

  • John Fothergill
Date:
1769
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Credit: An account of the putrid sore throat / [John Fothergill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    According to the Accounts which have been left by thefe Authors, it appears, that the Difeafe which they deferibe was ex¬ tremely malignant, and mod paiticu’arly fa¬ tal to Children; tho* Adults, if they were much converfant about the Sick, were very often feized with it; yet more of thefe reco¬ vered in proportion than of Children ; and it Was obferved, that more Boys got well thro’ the Difeafe than Girls : Some thought, that fuch cf this Sex as had black Eyes differed more from it than others. As it was fometimes obferved to carry off whole Families together, and to fpread to thole Places firft, between which and the Countries affedted by it the Communication was mod frequent j and alfo that Children, fent away from the Towns where it raged, B 2 in de cujus efientia, periculo, brevitate, et complicatione uftivi et ulcerofi tumoris, ac deleteria corruptione, laco- nice dicam. Hoc fuit preflus biennis infans, fanguineus et obelus. Primo die ex catarrhofadeHuxione in fufFoca- tionern pene incurrit, difficulter refpirabat,. et lac deglu- tiebat, et febri acuta affedtus, nec plorare poterat. In parte gutturis dextra externa glandulofus apparuit tumor cum dolore multo. Secunda dieintra fauces ulcus vilfim eft ad nigrum vergens, quod putrilago et mollities multa comitabantur; et ab ore fetor horribilis prodibar, mag¬ num certe corruption^ complete indicium. 1'ertio die nuliis adjutus auxiliis ftrangulatus eft extin&uSi Dt prate* medic, admiranda, lib. i. cbjerv. 90.
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