An essay towards an improvement in the cure of those diseases which are the cause of fevers / [Thomas Kirkland].

  • Kirkland, Thomas, 1722-1798.
Date:
1767
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Credit: An essay towards an improvement in the cure of those diseases which are the cause of fevers / [Thomas Kirkland]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ either of thefe methods, he is to be well €t covered with cloaths, and laid fo as to ** go to fleep.—And commonly after long *c thirft, and wakefulnefs, after being fati- 4 4 ated with full draughts, after a remljjion “ of heat, a found and long fleep comes on, “ by means of which a great fweat breaks 44 out, and that is a mo ft immediate relief.” Galen f, when a putrid fever is very violent, forbids every thing that will rarefy the habit, and recommends cold water as the propereft drink, unlefs particular circum- ftances, which he mentions, forbid its ufe. And fays, “ it is a perpetual remedy againfl: 46 the fever itfelf ] unlefs it be aflifted by the (< putrid humours being evacuated, by urine, “ ftool, or fweat.” And after taking no¬ tice of different methods of treatment, when figns of concodtion appear, and by what means concodtion is performed ; he fays, 44 Wherefore, if the natural faculties “ are ftrong, the fever ardent, and there <c are evident figns of concodtion, you “ ought boldly to give the patient cold “ water; for it is manifeft that fuch a one f Method. Medend. Lib. ii. cap. g & ii. “ is