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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    as to inflame the Nurfe’s Breaft, and brought on a Mortification. He alfo tells us, that the Father of the Child whofe Cafe is defcribed above, having frequently put his Finger in the Child's Mouth, to draw out the vifcid -Phlegm, had his Finger inflamed, and was feized with the fame Diftemper (Vj. Thefe were the Symptoms in general, and they judged of the Event by the Mildnefs of their Progrefs, or the contrary: Tho' it was agreed, that nothing could be more fallacious than this Difeafe ; and that the moft Expe¬ rienced were often deceived in their PrOgno- ftic. If the Rednefs of the Fauces above de~ fcribed, which appeared at the firft being feized, was fucceeded by an Ulceration, without any of that Whitenefs (which for the future I fhall call Sloughs), if the Swell¬ ing about the Neck and Throat was not large, if the Patient difcharged by the Mouth confiderable (•*•) —eratqjjidem dira humoris conditio adeo pernici- ©fa, effrcax et contagiofa, quod digitum patris indiceng quo extrahebat eum fuccum ab ore filii, mordicaret, et in ruborem moveret cum dolore : tandem mox pater conque- rebatur de difficultate refpirandi et deglutiendi cum dolore et tumore faucium, ac faturato colore, et glandulis extra apparentibus juxta mentum. Ex quibus ftcundo die ha- litum prave olentem expirabat; ita ut jure optimo poifis. colligere, contagio filii patrem fuifie Mercat. Conf. p. 139. , 7
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