An account of the use, application, and success of the Bath waters in rheumatic cases / [William Falconer].
- William Falconer
- Date:
- 1795
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the use, application, and success of the Bath waters in rheumatic cases / [William Falconer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Hofpital, in the {pace of about eight years, coft that charity 9]. 9s. only, at the rate of twenty- two fhillings per pound. Had the fame quantity of James’s Powder been. ufed, which would have been the cafe, as both the medicines have been given in equal dofes, it would have coft the charity upwards of 177]. fo that by this fubftitution the charity has faved no lefs than 1671. 114s. Mercurial medicines have been pretty largely adminiftered, internally, at the Bath Hofpital, in cafes of chronic rheumatifm. Whether they have been given with a view to promoting perfpiration, or any other evacuation, or with a fpecific intention, I cannot determine. The Calomel Bolus, I ob- ferve, has been generally ufed, and a purgative given the next morn, and this has been repeated three or four times. The account of the recovery of thofe who have tried it; appears to be favourable ; but from my own perfonal experience, I could not perceive any benefit which might not be procured by milder means, and on that account have fcarcely ufed it. I would not, however, be under- ftood to offer any determination of the queftion — refpecting the effetts of mercurials in rheumatifm, as they appear to meet with the approbation of fome of the profeflion, for whofe opinion I have the greateft refpeét. If a trial is to be made of their eficacy, it can never be done to greater advan- tage than at the Bath Hofpital, where the ufe of D4 the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3328779x_0053.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
