A treatise on the nature and cure of the cynanche trachealis, commonly called the croup / by Disney Alexander.

  • Alexander, Disney, 1769-1844
Date:
[1794]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the nature and cure of the cynanche trachealis, commonly called the croup / by Disney Alexander. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    [ ] the courfe of praAice, by which the nature of it may be better illuftrated. t Thirdly, I fliall take notice of the Ap= pearances difcoverable upon Diffedtion. Fourthly, I fhall confider the Caufe or Nature of the Croup :—And Laftly, Its method of Cure. Hijlory. It is evident, from the concurring tefH- inony of all authors who have written upon the Croup, that this difeafe is to be re- garded as peculiar to the ftate of childhood. No cafe has ever come to our knowledge, of any above the age of twelve or thirteen having been affedted with it; and it feems that the nearer they approach to this time of life, the lefs fubjedl they become to it. Children j