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

  • John Fothergill
Date:
1769
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    but under the like Reftri&ions (k). They generally made ufe of Manna, Rhubarb, Sen¬ na, Tamarinds, Syrup of Rofes, and the like, for this Purpofe. But it was always incul¬ cated, that, in directing thefe Evacuations, the Patient’s Strength was efpecially to be regarded ; fince whatever diminifhed this, in the End was undoubtedly prejudicial (/). Severinus orders an antimonial Vomit to be given at the firft Attack, and a cooling gently aftringent Gargle to be ufed Night and Day. He then orders a Clyfter, takes away fome Blood from the Jugular, and gives from xv to xxi Grains of Bezoar Mi¬ neral twice a-day, or oftener, as Occafion requires, with thin diluting Liquors, in or¬ der to raife and promote a moderate Sweat. He gives five or fix Grains of the fame Me¬ dicine to Children at the Bread:, and com¬ mends it highly. He fcarifies the difcoloured Parts in the Fauces, in order to let out the corrofive Virus; a Practice which, though it was recommended by the Spaniards (m)} was {k) Quod evacuandum morbus expofcit, evacuetur breviflime. Idem, p. 102. (l) —in morbis malignis breviter deftruentibus vires, et pofcentibus fimul robur animaiis virtutis ad fui fana- tionem, multum evacuare non licet. Heredia, p. 102. (m) Si vero malum non mitefcat, fed gravius affligat partem, quod conftabit ex lucido aut nigro colore, vel ex nimia mollitudine—cum intolerabili fcetore, fcari- fcabitur
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