A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaundice, king's-evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption / Translated from the Latin ... By an eminent physician.

  • Richard Russell
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1753
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Credit: A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaundice, king's-evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption / Translated from the Latin ... By an eminent physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    f{earce crofs his Bed-chamber without the Help of his School-fellows. 7 The moft eminent Dr. Mead rightly af- cribes thefe Symptoms rather to a Relaxation than to a Diftention of the Nerves; and in- deed in this Youth the Mutcles of the Tongue and Pharynx [or upper Part of the Gullet] were fo relax’d that he could fcarcely {peak | any Words articulately, or {wallow any Food. As he Jay in his Bed his Tongue came out beyond his Teeth, and the Spittle flow’d out continually. in this State of Things the Pa- tient was under the Care of Doctor Bowles of Winchefier, who order’d him to be twice blooded at ftated Intervals, and four times purg’d, and prefcrib’d him Remedies com- pofed of the Cordial Confection, Powder of Gutteta, Caftor, and volatile Salt of Amber, with a Decoétion of Peruvian Bark, and the like Medicines, fuch as are recommended in thefé kind of Diftempers by the moft ap- prov’d Authors: He took Care alfo to have Blifters applied to the Nape of his Neck and W rifts. | About the Beginning of November, when Things grew worfe I was confulted: Then I advifed bleeding eight or ten Ounces on the 7th of November ; that on the eighth the Purge fhould be repeated, becaufe the new ’ Moon was the next Day; for the eminent Dr. Mead, and other fkilful Authors in Phy- fic, have rightly obferved, that thefe kind of | Difeafes .
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