A practical essay on the good and bad effects of sea-water and sea-bathing / by John Anderson.

  • Anderson, John, approximately 1730-1804.
Date:
1795
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Credit: A practical essay on the good and bad effects of sea-water and sea-bathing / by John Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mours and the caufes of them, and fupply their room with more kindly particles to enter in and affimilate with the blood. I limply ordered a fomentation to her hands of a decodlion of mallow leaves and elder dowers twice a day, and cataplafms of barley-meal made with the fame liquor, to lie on intermediately; and by the next day the inflammation and pain abated, and a ferous limpid humour began to run, which increafed in quantity, at every dreffing, twice a day, and was fo intolerably fetid as even to forbid her mother coming into the room. Thus it ran for a week, and then kindly dried up; when her feet became in like manner affedled, dif- charged, and healed up alfo in a week. After thefe difcharges fhe found herfelf in the enjoy¬ ment of perfecT health, and every thing be¬ came regular in her conftitution. She took two or three dofes of gentle phylic, and then went round the town of Margate to fhew what a mira¬ cle the fea-bath had performed on her : lire took only one diaphoretic julep during the time. She left Margate in perfedf health and good temper, pleafed with every thing and with every body. This lady waited on Dr. Lettfom. and others, to give ocular proof of the great efficacy of the bath. » 3