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An essay on the use of a regulated temperature in winter-cough & consumption: including a comparison of the different methods of producing such a temperature in the chambers of invalids / [Isaac Buxton].

  • Buxton, Isaac, 1773-1825.
Date:
1810
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An essay on the use of a regulated temperature in winter-cough & consumption: including a comparison of the different methods of producing such a temperature in the chambers of invalids / [Isaac Buxton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ay some during the night, as almost en- tirely to deprive them of rest. It is generally brought on with a consider- able degree of viclence whenever they @o out into the cold air; and is easiest during the time of their continuance ina warm room. The difference be- tween the heat of a warm apartment, and that of places not warmed, is often so perceptible to their tender lungs, that the moment they open the door of the sitting room in order to go out, they begin to cough se- verely. Their breath is generally extremely short, so short that they frequently walk about with a consi- derable degree of difficulty ; and an exertion rather greater than usual