Volume 1

The works .... / [John Huxham].

  • Huxham, John, 1692-1768
Date:
1788
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The works .... / [John Huxham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    teen Miles to the Eaftward there fcarce fell any : The Air was very moift this Month, and the Barometer low. Rain 12. 13. 14. 16. 17. 25—29. 31 — Dig. Dec. 2.982. Created Height of ? 5. zg.8. N i. } Mean Altitude Lead 26. 28.9. S E 3. y 29.41°. Colded Day 3. 38. N i. ) , Warmed — 24. 24. a Calm. J Altrtude 30/5-. There are flill intermittent Fevers: Coughs frequent amongft grown People, convulfive Coughs amongft Children : Very great Com- plaints every-where of great Lownefs of Spirits —Many of our finging Birds die in calling their Feathers. The epidemic Fever ftill rages, and carries off fome, even within fix Days, in unfpeak- able Agonies j thefe were firft of all feized with a flight Delirium which indeed was of worfe Omen than if, like mad Bacchanalians, they had broke out into an open and violent Phrenzy; nothing was then more ufeful than drawing off Blood by Scarifying and Cupping on the Neck and Shoulders, then giving le- nient Clyfters, or gentle Cathartics, and more- over fometimes applying Blifters to the Legs and Thighs efpecially, as well as elfewhere. A U G .U S T. Fair Weather at the Begining, but, about the