A description of the influenza; with its distinction and method of cure / by R. Hamilton, M.D.

  • Hamilton, Robert, 1749-1830.
Date:
1782
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Credit: A description of the influenza; with its distinction and method of cure / by R. Hamilton, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    M* bury Difpenfary, . Clerkenwejl, whofe op¬ portunity of feeing the difeafe has been > 4 * * ■ f »* - * - ' * V ; > _ 4 • - * extenfive both in his public Difpenfary and ^ « •.. . • < • '• * •• / * private practice, informs me, that in place ' ' - . of finding it accompanied in general with much inflammation, it rather verges towards ■, . v' \ - - - e the typhus type. . In one cafe this was re- /*» V -» • '* «' ** ** • * * i X A markable; fo that he was obliged to admi- - « . >.-•** t v ■ » * • nifter the bark in various forms. This pa- tient was a Lady, and of a delicate habit. My friend Dr, Willan likewife, Phyfician to another Difpenfary in.t the city, faw a i « t^ i ■ vJ Lr- - ■ * ' k ' < * • \ • • / cafe where a few ounces only of blood was ' ■ v ■ . V • V . », ' . , . iii L taken away; the confequence of which was a depreffion of fpirits and lownefs of pulfq, where the beats could with difficulty be dif- tinp-uilhed for three days after, notwxth- ♦ * P L . . ~ \ « . i. * • • ' ' * A • « A Ji, * 1 - * •«*/•» • % ftanding endeavours to raife it. Vomits too, in the beginning, have been laid to have very good effects; but in this country