An abridgment [sic] of the second edition of a work, written by Dr. Currie, of Liverpool in England : on the use of water, in diseases of the human frame ; and fever, opium, strong drink, abstinence from food, and the passages through the human skin ; with occasional remarks.

  • Currie, James, 1756-1805.
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[1799]
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Credit: An abridgment [sic] of the second edition of a work, written by Dr. Currie, of Liverpool in England : on the use of water, in diseases of the human frame ; and fever, opium, strong drink, abstinence from food, and the passages through the human skin ; with occasional remarks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To intermit tentt^ the cold affufion with vigorous pa- t'rente, applied btfore the period oi the cold fir, has .id the,whole of the fit ; hut where wraknefs !•• le the attempt hazardous, the cold fit was fufRred to arrive and pifs, and the arTufion was applied to the hot fix when thoroughly formed. The difeafe was fome- lii-nes cured in the firlt cafo ; but in the fecbtid, there was only a folution of the pending fit; though tour or five repetitions of tiie practice finally removed the difeafe. In any event, opportunity was given for throwing in medicines. Dr. Currie has found not only that eruptions on the fur!ace of the (km, but that falivation, are no ohftacles to the cold affafion, under the reftricYions before mer.- A friend of his lias tried it aifj in the firfl: com- rrencements of fcarlet fever (fcarlatina,) and with com- plete foccefs. The cfilorefcer.ee on the ikin and tlie afr-cliot) of the throat were even prevented ; which has* led Dr. Currie to conftder the tendency to thefe fynjp- toms as being the etfjii, and not ihe-caufe, of this fever. Dr. Currie having had no late opportunity of treating the fcarlet fever in its eady (tages, has contented him- felf with prefcribing for it in its later llages, immerfion in the tepid bath, heated from 92 to 96 degrees of Fah- renheit. In the eruptive fever of the f mall pax, Dr. Currie has found a new ohjeel for the fuccefsful ufe of the cold a/Fofion ; regulating himfelf as ufual by the aclual ita'e of the patient's heat, as appearing from the thermome- ter, provided the indications of the thermometer are confirmed by the patient's fenfatian of heat. In the. confluent fmdl pox , after the eruption is completely formed, he is diffident of its benefit. But he is the more anxious to apply it ia the* eruptive fcver, fince hc- favs