An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa : particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778. To which are now prefixed, some remarks on the nature and cure of the ulcerated sore throat / by William Withering.

  • Withering, William, 1741-1799.
Date:
1793
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa : particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778. To which are now prefixed, some remarks on the nature and cure of the ulcerated sore throat / by William Withering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of the Scarlet Fever, and Sore Throat, ti appeared at Birmingham in the Tear 1778., THIS disease appeared in Birmingham about the middle of May, 1778, and in the beginning of June was frequent in many of the towns and villages in the neighbourhood* It was preceded by some cases of the ulcerated Sore Throat, and accompanied in its course through the summer by the chin-cough, the measles, the smallpox, and several instances of the common quinsy. It continued in all its force and fre¬ quency to the end of October, varying however in some of its symptoms as the air grew colder. In the beginning of November it was rarely met with, but towards the middle of that month, the air again becoming warmer, it increased again, and in some measure resumed those appearances which it