Observations on the effects of sea water in the scurvy and scrophula: in which a new theory of those diseases is attempted; with some reasons why bathing in fresh water must be much superior to that of the sea / By William Logan, M.D.

  • William Logan
Date:
1770
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Credit: Observations on the effects of sea water in the scurvy and scrophula: in which a new theory of those diseases is attempted; with some reasons why bathing in fresh water must be much superior to that of the sea / By William Logan, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ }6 ] ufe of water, which is a fluid fitted to i ''. carry out of the fyftem any acrid matter by the feveral excretories. Much is to be im¬ puted to pure elementary water 3 but per¬ haps water impregnated with a faline mat¬ ter fitted to flimulate and increafe the fe- cretions, is the rnofl probable remedy. » Th is fhould be ufed during the fpring, in fuch quantities as the ftomach will bear without purging. It has been often recommended to the patients in this diforder to drink lea-water as a purge, in order to cleanfe the blood (as it is commonly called): this, however, is a practice always ufelefs, and fometimes dangerous 3 fori confider it as an impoffi- bility for a medicine paffing off by ftool to a fled the blood or excretories: it is true, that the fea-falt by its flimulus may emulge the inteflines and carry oft a great deal of mucus, and in that manner may have fome effedt on the glands of the me- fentery : but here it is neceffary to ob- ferve.,