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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    cient to difcourage one from perfifting in this Method (t). In a Cafe where I was concerned, previous to my being called in, a Surgeon had endea¬ voured to feparate the Sloughs by the Aflift- ance of his Probe : He fucceeded in his At¬ tempt without much Difficulty ; but was fur- prifed to fee the fame Parts covered the next Day with thick, dark, afh-coloured Sloughs, penetrating deep into the Subftance. It is true, the Sloughs have been fome- times fcarified, from an Apprehenfion that Matter was lodged underneath them, with¬ out any manifeft Inconvenience; but as there are Inftances of fatal Mortifications having enfued, it feems moft prudent to decline the Practice. From under thefe Sloughs, and from every Part of the Ulcers which they cover, a thin corrofive Ichor is difcharged, fo acrid as to ex- • coriate the external Parts upon which it is fuf- fered to remain. This is fometimes obfervable in Adults, when the Parts above the Fauces are affedted $ the Ichor in thefe Cafes flows • through nepoti ex filia, quinque annorum* mihi cariflima, qui poft paucos dies eodem modo* quo pater, vitam cum mortc mutavit. Cortef. Mi feel. Med* p. 6 97. (£) Quod fi enim adhserentem adhuc cruftam avellere aggrediamur, ulcerationes magis in profundum procedunt, et infiammationes confequuntur, augentur dolores, et in ulcera ferpentia proficiunt. Heredia, p. to9.
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