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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    ^—It ftill continues in this City, and fbrhd- times fhews itfeif in the Villages about it* though at preient with fo mild an Afpeft, as feldom to prove fatal; unlefs the Subject is very unfavourable, or the Difeafe hath been neglected, or improperly treated at the Be¬ ginning; which Circumftances, tho* of fome Importance in all Cafes, yet are of the ut- moft in this; as a wrong Step at the firft may put it out of the Power of Art to afford Relief. . f « Tho’ this Difeafe has now been amongft us feveral Years, and has confequently furvived the different Seafons, and all the Variety of Weather to which we are expofed, yet it feems to fhew itfeif moft frequently in Au¬ tumn, and the Beginning of Winter; at leaft I have met with many more Cafes from Sep¬ tember to December inclufive, than in all the other Months together. It may likewife be remarked, that the Summers of 1747 and 1748 were dry, with fome Days in each uncommonly hot, for this what he has feen, and in fuch a Manner as be thought Would belt contribute to public Advantage. It may alfo be neceffary to obferve, that the Difeafe is defcribed, as it appeared in 1747 and 1748, that if the Symptoms (hould hereafter vary in any Circumftance, the Diverfity may be attributed to the Nature of the Diltempef, and not imputed to Defign or Inattention.
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