A dissertation on the artificial medicated water baths, partial pumps, vapourous and dry baths, internal and external moist and dry fumigations, oleous, saponaceous, spirituous and dry Frictions; together with a description of the apparatus, erected in Panton-Square, Hay-Market, at the solicitation of many of the faculty, nobility and gentry, for the purpose of preparing and applying them. With an account of their nature and efficacy in the cure of most disorders incident to the human body, supported by the opinions of the most eminent physicians, both ancient and modern; To which are added, many well authenticated cases of cures performed on persons of credit and reputation / by R. Dominiceti.

  • Dominiceti, Rhodomonte.
Date:
1782
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Credit: A dissertation on the artificial medicated water baths, partial pumps, vapourous and dry baths, internal and external moist and dry fumigations, oleous, saponaceous, spirituous and dry Frictions; together with a description of the apparatus, erected in Panton-Square, Hay-Market, at the solicitation of many of the faculty, nobility and gentry, for the purpose of preparing and applying them. With an account of their nature and efficacy in the cure of most disorders incident to the human body, supported by the opinions of the most eminent physicians, both ancient and modern; To which are added, many well authenticated cases of cures performed on persons of credit and reputation / by R. Dominiceti. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    obferves, “ this diforder, Ihould be carefully treated, and hot remedies cautioujly avoided^ for fear of ir- ritating the nerves, and giving an inflammatory thicknefs to the bloody and thereby prolonging^ inflead ot ending the malady : it yeilds to an innocent re- gimen, a regular life, and warm baths.—And Hip- pocrates'-^^ lays, ‘‘ fuffilus ex aromaticis muliebra ducit, et aliis quoqiie floret utihsfl—that luffu- naigation ot aromatics arc of dfential fervice to wc- men. In the inflammation of the uterus, /Iflruc tells us, that pradtioners advifed that kind of half-bath, diftinguillied in latin by the name of infleflfus; thefe Jialf-baths were prepared witli a de- coftion of emollient and anodyne herbs, fuch as thofe which are employed for fomentation*, but this pradlicc, (fays he) had unavoidable inconveni- ences; for either the decodlion of thefe half baths would be colder than the part bathed, and then they would have the fame bad effedts as the topics applied cold ; or they would be hc.tter, and in that cale would augment the inflammation.” What a misfortune that remedies thus efficacious, and which were judged then to be fo, either by the.r efledis, or by well-founded conjectures, could not have been ufed with fafety for the cure of va- rious complaints! Whatever was the caufe that no farther enquire has been made into fuch an im- portant object, is nothing to our prelent purpofc: it will be enough for me to fay, that I have a fure and eafy-- method tc> keep the abovemen- tioned baths, for any length of time, to a fixed de- * In the firft book.