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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![Mixture (a) was frequently given her, upon which the Diarrhoea foon abated 5 and the next Day the Efflorefcence again appeared upon her Face and Amis. From this time Ihe continued to recover, tho’ (lowly, and was for fome time attended with a Cough and hedic Heats. Another Symptom, which requires our Attention in the Cure of this Difeafe, is an exceffive Faintnefs: Of this they generally complain foon after they are taken ill, and continue to do fo, if fenfible, till the Dii- temper begins to abate: The Urgency of this Symptom feems to indicate the Degree of Danger : It is more or lefs violent, as the Difeafe is mild or malignant; and an Abate¬ ment of it may be look'd upon as a fure Pre- Page of Recovery. Warm aromatic and gently ftimulating Medicines, fuch as have been already 'men¬ tion cl, as the mod effectual to fupprefs the Vomiting, and cheek the Loofenefs attending this Difeafe, have like wife been found ufefui in removing the prefent Complaint: And tho' the Degree of Heat, and Quickncfs of the Pulfe, would Jbe enough to d.iffuade a Perfon who has not feen the Difeafe, from giving them in fo liberal a manner as Necefiity re» H quires; (a) Be Aq. Alexet. Jimp. %vj. Alexet. Spir. cum Acet. %] fs. Conf. cardiac. Bj fs. Pulv. Contray. Jimp, 5fs. Syr. Croc. f fs. f, Mixt, de qua capiat a’gra coch. ij. tertia quaque hora.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30547301_0069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
