Volume 1

An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa; particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778 / By William Withering.

  • William Withering
Date:
M.DCC.LXXIX [1779]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa; particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778 / By William Withering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nerally makes its appearance toward the end of fummer, that it attacks whole families, but particularly chil¬ dren ; that they are feized with chill- ■ iiefs and Ihivering as in other fevers, but without much ficknefs. After¬ wards the whole fkin is covered with fmall red fpots, more numerous, much denteque fubje£ia cutlcula, reftant furfuracex quaedam fquamul^ ad inftar farinse corpori infperfae, quae ad fe- cundam aut tertiam viccm fe promunt, conduntque vi- - - Satis habeo, ut aeger a carnibus in folidum ab- Rineat, et a liquoribus fpirituofis quibufcunque, turn uc neque ufquam foras prodeat, neque fe perpetim le(do af- figat. Cute jam penitus defquamata, etcefFantibus fympto- matis, e re fore exiftimo ut purgetur aeger leni aliquo medicamento, aetati aique viribus accommodo. Sim- plici hk et natural! plane methodo, hoc morbi ?iomen (vix eiiim altius afTurgit,] line moleltia, aut periculo quovis facillirae abigitur. - -- -- -- -- Veruntamen hoc animadvertendum volo. Si convulfiones Epileptics vel etiam Coma.huic morbo fub initium erup- tionis fupervenerint (quod quandoque accidit in pueris ac junioribus hoc morbo laborantibus) omnino oportet ut Epifpajlicum amplum ac forte polleriori cervici appli- cetur, atque, porro ut Paregoricum e Syrupo de Meconio ftatim exhibeatur, repetendum fingulis nodibus ufque dum convaluerit; imperando interim ut aeger bibat pro potu ordinario lac cum triplo aquae codum, et a carnis efu abllineat. Sydenham Scld: fexta. Cap. 2. broader