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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    much by thefe Symptoms, as by the Faintnefs, Deprefhon of the Pulfe, and Increafe of Pu- trefcency in the Fauces. One Drachm of the • Conjeftio Raleighana has been given to a Youth not quite xy Years of Age, every four Hours, which was foon followed bv a fenfible Amendment, and the Decreafe of the Pa¬ tient s ReftlelTnefs, Faintnefs, and Pleat. Some of the Italian Phyficians forbad the Ufe of Wine in the Cure of this Difeafe, and the Warmth of that Climate might perhaps make this Caution neceflary ; but as it is a generous Cordial, and at the fame Time anti- feptic, it feems to be in no Pvefpe£t improper here 3 and, befides, in Whey, I have allow-* ed it to be given, freely, mixed with Mint, Baum, or Sage-Tea, Barley-Wa¬ ter, Gruel, Panada, Sago, and the like; and alone, where the Faintnefs has been excef- five ; the Age, the former Way of Life, and the Symptoms, affording the neceffary Rules as to. Quantity and Kind. Chicken-Water, or thin Broth, may alfo be allowed, which is frequently very acceptable to the Patient. And I don’t remember to have obferved fo general and early an Inclination after animal Food, in any acute Difeafe, as in this: For at a Time when, one would imagine, both from the Condition of the Fauces, and the Degree of Heat, that Liquids would be the mod acceptable, it is not uncommon to find H % Children*
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