An inaugural dissertation on the warm bath : submitted to the examinations of the Rev. John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the eighth day of June, 1801 / by Henry Wilson Lockett.

Lockette, Henry Wilson.

Date:: 1801

Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the warm bath : submitted to the examinations of the Rev. John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the eighth day of June, 1801 / by Henry Wilson Lockett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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pared a bath at 98° of Fan*, in a room the temperature of which was 67°, I went into it, my pulfe beating 80 flrokes in a minute. The following was the refult. Minutes. 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 [ 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | Pulfe beat. 86 | 75 | 83 | 78 | 79 | 85 | 82 | 79 | 80 | 70 | M. 21 I 23 I 25 I 27 I 29 I 31 I B. 76 | 75 | 82 | 80 | 78 | 74 | After drefling, my pulfe was examined again, and found to beat 77 flrokes in a mi- nute, at 12 o'clock 70, I did not examine it further. When I firft went into the bath, it produced very pleafant fenfations, but after fome time a flufhing of the face, and a dull pain of the head with oppreffion about the region of the fcrobiculus cordis came on, and my refpiration was not as free as before im- merfion. In about 15 minutes after immer- fion, the water felt much cooler than at firft, though the temperature did not vary more than two degrees during the whole of the experiment. Juft before leaving the bath I was feized with flight cramps in both feet, and felt chilly on rifing out of the water. Experiment 2. March 23d. I breakfafted as before. At half paft 10 o'clock my pulfe was examined

An inaugural dissertation on the warm bath : submitted to the examinations of the Rev. John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the eighth day of June, 1801 / by Henry Wilson Lockett.

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