The case of a hydrophobia / By Dr. Fothergill. Reprinted from the fifth volume of Medical observations and inquiries. By a a [sic] society of physicians in London. With additions.

  • Fothergill, John, 1712-1780.
Date:
1778
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Credit: The case of a hydrophobia / By Dr. Fothergill. Reprinted from the fifth volume of Medical observations and inquiries. By a a [sic] society of physicians in London. With additions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    this to be repeated as often as it could be conveniently adminiftered. That in the laft of thefe clyfters a drachm of Dover's powder fhould be exhibited. That two drachms of ftrong mercu¬ rial undion fhould be rubbed by himfelf on his legs and thighs as foon as he re¬ turned from the bath, and that he fhould endeavour to get down all the fuftenance he could. We faw him early next morning, the 17th, when we received the following account: The laxative clyftef had produced a proper effed. The warm bath relieved him greatly whilft he was in it, fo that for a time, as he expreifed it, his fufferings were fufpended. They returned, and with more violence, during the night. The clyfters had been repeated feveral times, and the undion applied. We found he had paffed a mo ft reftlefs night, totally without fteep, and in much