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

John Fothergill

Date:: 1769

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

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$Mixture (d) was frequently given her, upoq which the Diarrhoea foon abated $ and the next Day the Effiorefcence again appeared upon her Face and Arms. From this Time fhe continued to recover, tho* flowly, and was for fome Time attended with a Cough and hedtic Heat. Another Symptom, which requires our At¬ tention in the Cure of this Difeaie, is an excef- five Faintnefs: Of this they generally complain foon after they are taken ill, and continue to do fo, if fenfible, till the Diftemper begins tp abate : The Urgency of this Symptom fee ms fo indicate the Degree of Danger : It is more or lefs violent, as the Difeafe is mild or malig¬ nant 5 and an Abatement of it may be looked Upon as a pretty fare Prefage of Recovery. Warm aromatic and gently {Emulating Medicines, fuch as have been already men¬ tioned, as the mod: effectual to fupprefs the Vomiting, and check the Loofenefs attending this Difeafe, have likewife been found ufeful in removing this Symptom : And though the Degree of Heat, and Quicknefs of the Pulfe, would be enough to diffuade a Perfon who has not feen the Difeafe, from giving them in fo liberal a Manner as Neceffity re¬ quires | yet we are not to be governed lp much O R Aq. Aiexit. Jirnp ^yj. Alexit. Spir. cum Acet. 5jfs. Corf, cardiac. 5 fs. Pulv. Contray. Jimp. Sfs. Syr. Croc. S is. f. Mixt. de qua capiat ttgra cocb, ij. tertia quoqut$

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