Medical reports, on the effects of water, cold and warm, as a remedy in fever and other diseases : whether applied to the surface of the body, or used internally / by James Currie, M.D.

  • Currie, James, 1756-1805.
Date:
1808
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    MEDICAL REPORTS, . ON THE C^+St {p ' CSfU£&*»~* EFFECTS OF WATER, COLD AND WARM, AS A REMEDY IN FEVER AND OTHER DISEASES, Whether applied to the Surface of the Body, or used Internally. VOL. I. Including an Inquiry into the Circumstances that render Cold Drink, or the Cold Bath, dangerous in Health. To which are added, Observations on the Nature of Fever •,—and on the Effects of Opium, Alcohol, and Inanition. VOL. II. Consisting of the Author's Experience of this Remedy subsequent to the second Edition of Volume I. And of important Com- munications from others on the same Subject. To which are added, Four Letters;—One on the Sphere of Febrile Conta- gion ;—Two on the Establishment of a Lunatic Asylum in Li- verpool ;—and One on the Effects of Nitrous Acid in Lues Venerea. BY JAMES CURRIE, M.D..F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Phyficiatis, Edinburgh. Intenrionet cperatlonum, quas propofuimus ( ut arbitramur) •verijfma: funt, remed'ia intetl- tlonibus fida. * * * Rem ipfam experimentum et comprobavit tt promoveb'it* * * * Opera conjili'i cujufque prudenticris, Junt effeclif admiranda, ordine quoque egrcgia, modis faciendi tanquam -vulgaria. Bacon. Hiftoria vitae et mortis. 1 ROM THE FOURTH LONDON EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. PHILADELPHIA PRINTED ; OR JAMES HUMPHREYS, AND FOR BENJAMIN AND THOMAS KITE. J 808, ^3ff/^r