Free observations on the scurvy, gout, diet, and remedy / by Francis Spilsbury, chymist, Soho-Square. London.
- Spilsbury, Francis
- Date:
- 1788
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Free observations on the scurvy, gout, diet, and remedy / by Francis Spilsbury, chymist, Soho-Square. London. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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![cold, or change of weather, that a free ufe of the inftrument generally found at the finger's end may be neceffary to give prefent eafe, or fet the confined matter free, which occafioned this irritation : and it is remarkable, how foon the blood, and other purulent matter, iffue forth on a flight fcratch of the nail. In thefe complaints, the irritation is fo great, that a perfon in a deep fleep often lies fcratching, in the fame manner as he might do if he was awake. Many perfons of both fex, from various oaufes, have ulcerated legs, preceded by a fever. Here nature recoils at the remem- brance !—Whether we reflect on the various colours which mark the flefh—the painful fwellings—the deep bleeding wounds—the fcetid fmells—the fcaly coats—rottennefs of bones, connected with t fymptoms bordering on a genera] mortification !—fad mementos, which proclaim to the fufferer, more forcibly than Philip's Boy,§ how nearly we are allied to mortality ! * Similar to this operation of giving cafe, is {having the head when troubled with fcurfs, which, though it appears pain- ful to the by-flander, affords a pleafing relief to the patient, who fhould have it repeated almoft daily. § King of Macedon.—He kept a perfon in his fcrviee, to tell him every day, before he gave audience, Philip, remember thou art mortal I](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21442629_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
