Volume 2

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

  • Currie, James, 1756-1805.
Date:
1804
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    have invariably employed the affufion of water, cold and tepid, in the difeafes pointed out in the original publication, and I have extended it to ibme others, of which I (hall afterwards fpeak. Its fuccefs has equalled my expectations : I have nothing to detract from the accounts I have for- merly given of its efficacy. I repeat—that ufed in the three firft days of fever, the cold affufion very generally Hops the difeafe—that the fame happy effects fometimes follow its ufe on the fourth or even fifth day, but feldom later—that even in the fubfequent flages, where the heat continues preternaturally great, and the fkin dry, it'is of great and manifeft advantage, almoft im- mediately relieving the molt diftreffing lymptoms, particularly reftleffnefs and delirium, and con- ducting the difeafe to a fafe and fpeedier iffue. The tepid affufion is, as I formerly obferved, applicable to all the difeafes to which the cold affufion is applicable, and poffefles very con- fiderable, though inferior efficacy. I find it how- ever, very fafe, eafy of application, and in a high degree grateful, and I have extended it to almoft the whole clafs of febrile difeafes. In my practice the cold and tepid affufions are very often com- bined in the fame difeafe. While the heat is great, the fldn dry, and the vafcular action ftrong, I ufe water perfectly cold ; when thefe fymptoms diminifh,