An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / By John Fothergill, M.D.
- John Fothergill
- Date:
- 1748
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / By John Fothergill, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 10 ] According to the Accounts which have been left us by thefe Authors, it appears, that the Difeafe which they defcribe was ex¬ tremely malignant, and moft particularly fatal to Children^ tho’ Adults, if they were much converfant about the Sick, were very often feized with it; yet more of thefe recover'd in proportion than of Chil¬ dren; and it was obferved, that more Boys got well through the Difeafe than Girls : Some thought, that fuch of this Sex as had black Eyes fuffer’d more from it than others. As In his partibus (foil, faucibus) ex humoris virulenti affiuxu gignuntur carbunculofe inflammationes, quae pef- tis dirse, aut veneni promptiffimi inftar, contagio quodam, pueros et adultos corripiunt; et fevis maleficentiflimifque ftipatae fymptomatis citiffimam necem inferre folent. Malum in Hifpania non multis abhinc annis frequens, vulgus medicorum Hifpano fermone Garrotillo nuncupat; de cujus eflenua, periculo, brevitate, et complicatione uftivi et ulcerofi tumoris, ac deleteria corruptione, laco- nice dicam. Hoc fuit preflus biennis infans, fanguineus et obefus, Primo die ex catarrhofa defluxione in luffoca- tionem pene incurrit, difficulter refpirabat, et lac deglu- tiebat, et febri acuta affedtus, nec plorare poterat. In parte gutturis dextra externa glanduiofus apparuit tumor cum dolore multo. Secundo die intra fauces ulcus vifum eft ad nigrum vergens, quod putrilago et mollities multa comitabantur ; at ab ore fetor horribilis prodibat, mag¬ num certe corruptionis completae indicium. Tertio die nullis adjutus auxiliis ftrangulatus eft extindlus. De praxi](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30547301_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
