An account of the late epidemic ague : particularly as it appeared in the neighbourhood of Bridgnorth in Shropshire, in the year 1784 ... to which are added, some observations on a dysentery that prevailed at the same time.

  • Coley, William
Date:
1785
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Credit: An account of the late epidemic ague : particularly as it appeared in the neighbourhood of Bridgnorth in Shropshire, in the year 1784 ... to which are added, some observations on a dysentery that prevailed at the same time. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In one cafe of afcites, where there was an evident fluctuation, and with fuccefs ; though I think the cure in thisinftance was in fome degree expedit- ed by rubbing the abdomen with oil, which the patient ufed daily with his own hands. In the tertiana pleuritica, the free ufe of the lancet was required ; fo much fo, that bleedings having been cautioufly employed in the firfl days of the dif- eafe, it was found neceffary, even in the advanc- ed ftage of the complaint (though bliftering had been freely ufed), to have recourfe again to ve- ncefeciion; by which the cough and pain were moft efle&ually relieved, and the ague was after- wards cured by the ordinary method. In the tertiana verminofi, or thofe inflances of the difeafe which were complicated with worms in the bow- els, much benefit was obtained by giving the pa- tient at bed-time a fmall dole of calomel with,e- metic tartar(8); which procured an evacuation or (8) The following proportions are generally a fuffieient dofe for a child of 4 years: Take of prepared calomel, ol Crab’s claws prepared, of each 2 grains; emetic tartar two
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