A letter to Dr. Thomson in answer to the Case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington Esq / By William Douglas.

  • Douglas, William, 1711 or 1712-
Date:
1746
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Credit: A letter to Dr. Thomson in answer to the Case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington Esq / By William Douglas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dered him Glyfters (in the plural Number) oj' the peroral JP)eco5iioTi^ with lejiittve ^lec~ tuary, befides a Repetition of the purging Me¬ dicines, all which produced but three or four Motions. I cannot tell how many Glyfters you diredted that Day, nor what Glyfters, if the peSioral DecoStion could do more than the common; but I do not wonder in the leaft, that in the Bjnening bis Fever was higher, &c. You thwarted Nature, and increafed the Fever by purging. No Ancient or Mo¬ dern, for you aifed to talk of them as if you were thoroughly acquainted with them, ever gave Purges in Fevers, and particularly Ja¬ lap, which does very well iuDropfical Cafes,' by ftimulating the Glands of the Inteftines by it’s refinous Quality ; but this refinous, fiery Quality makes it the moft improper in Feversj and therefore, as J faid, it is no Wonder the Fever and other bad Symptoms continued as violent as before. Thefe you with gi eat Judgment endeavour to allay with a Pint of Fmulfion of Almonds, cooling Seeds, with two or three Drams of Syrup of Poppies.- Two or three Drams of Syrup of Poppies! There is not an old Woman in Town that does not know, a Child of four Years old might fwallow that Quantity, and be neither the better or worfe for itand here you expeded in an Adult, a mighty Effedl from it, when it w'as joined to a Pint of E- muKion. Was not I right when I laid, how Ihould