Volume 1
A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases / By William Oliver, M.D. of Bath.
- William Oliver
- Date:
- M.DCC.LI. [1751]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases / By William Oliver, M.D. of Bath. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[407] with dry rigid fibres, eafily heated, and in- clined to be feverifh, we ought, after purg- ing him gently with the cooler, fofter, and milder cathartics, to recommend the Hot- Bath-Waters, and if they prove too heating, to have recourfe to thofe of the Crofs-Bath,. which are much more cooling, and opening than the former, and may be drank with fafety, and benefit, in many cafes, in which either of the other fprings would be hurtful. Tuer lungs of fome gouty perfons are fo_ tender, and fo eafily inflamed, that it would be hazardous for them to drink either of the waters, immediately from the pump. If they do drink them, they ought to have them brought to their lodgings, and to let them ftand fix minutes, that their volatile and heating particles may fly off, and then, by putting one fpoonful of Affes or Cow’s milk into each glafs, they will become fafe, ie beneficial.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3054824x_0001_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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