Dr. Warren's epistle to his friend, of the method and manner of curing the late raging fevers, and of the danger, uncertainty, and unwholesomeness of the Jesuit's bark / faithfully translated ... from the Latin ... by Maurice Shelton ... To which are added curious and useful notes, and a short dedicatory letter to the Doctor, by the same.

  • Warren, Martin J.
Date:
1733
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Credit: Dr. Warren's epistle to his friend, of the method and manner of curing the late raging fevers, and of the danger, uncertainty, and unwholesomeness of the Jesuit's bark / faithfully translated ... from the Latin ... by Maurice Shelton ... To which are added curious and useful notes, and a short dedicatory letter to the Doctor, by the same. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3cliy, Lest a greater and more plentiful quantity of the Matter than fhould be carried to the upper Parts, (viz.) the Stomach., the Af- pera Arteria, the Lungs, the Face, the Eyes, and the Meninges of the Brain. I have oblerved indeed of late from the Nature of the Diftem- per, from the Operation of the Vomit, from the very Structure of the Stomach, and its neighbouring Parts, and from a Mechanical Reafon drawn from thence, as alfo from ma¬ nifold Experience, that this too popular Prac¬ tice has been terrible to a Great Many, preju¬ dicial to Mojf and uncertain to All in general. Moreover, upon the coming or increaf- ing of the Secondary Fever, I advife you to fhew yourfelf at all times, but efpecially in the Evening, a careful and vigilant Phyflcian; Virtues I have ever found in you, and which, if exercifed too in difficult Cafes, I forefee that you will faithfully refcue a great many from the J aws of Death by rightly and feafonably Bleeding and Purging. But whither dees the Eagernefs of my Pen and Style carry me beyond my Will ? It were
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