Clinical observations on the use of opium in low fevers, and in the synochus; illustrated by cases. With some previous remarks on the epidemic fever, which prevailed in 1785 at Oxford, and in the neighbouring counties. In a letter to John Badeley, physician at Chelmsford, Essex / by Martin Wall.
- Martin Wall
- Date:
- 1786
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Clinical observations on the use of opium in low fevers, and in the synochus; illustrated by cases. With some previous remarks on the epidemic fever, which prevailed in 1785 at Oxford, and in the neighbouring counties. In a letter to John Badeley, physician at Chelmsford, Essex / by Martin Wall. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ H ] co-operating at its acceffion with contagions effluvia. * / In many of our epidemic fevers we can clearly difcern this combination of caufes : and it is particularly obfervable in thofe fevers, which continue to arife for fome time after the violence of an epidemic fever has fpent its rage. The folloMing cafes will fuf- ficiently illuftrate this fadt. Few of them occurred during the higheft degree of the pre¬ valence, the acme of the epidemic, (which prevailed principally in this place in the fpring, fummer and autumn of the year J785,) but arofe, as the dates will fhew, in fome of the fucceeding months, when the influence of the contagion was much weak¬ ened. They may however be regarded as nearly allied to it; and may be confidered (if I may adopt Dr. Huxhams expreffion •j-) as propagmes of the epidemic. HAVING premifed thele obfervations concerning the general conftitution of that * See the remarks concerning the influence of cold in mo¬ difying febrile diforders. Note jj Page. 8. f Obferv. de Aere. Vol. II. p. 67. period.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30358875_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
