A general state of the Whitehaven Dispensary, : for the year 1790.

  • Whitehaven Dispensary (Whitehaven, England)
Date:
[1791]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A general state of the Whitehaven Dispensary, : for the year 1790. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tmnaied Articles, (an abundant Source of malignant Effluvia) which were repeatedly immerfed in cold Wa- ter, left the Vapour excited by Heat, acrimonioufly vo- latilizing the Poifon, Ihould communicate the Diftem- per. And, as there can be no Mean more conducive to the faluta~y Purpofes of preventing Contagion and pre- ferving Health, than that of Cleanlinefs, a diligent At- tention to the Circumftances immediately or remotely connected with it have been every where efpecially inculcated. The Effluvia of Lime, when pulverized by frequent Additions of Imall Quantities of Water, and the Va- pours of Tobacco, Tar, and Vinegar, were alfo copioufly employed ; with the occafional Explofion of Gnn-pow- der, and the various Modes of Fumigation by Sulphur, juniper Berries, Myrrh, Camphor, Aromatic Herbs, or ' any other Article poffeffed of pungent and penetrating Odour. Had the Clemency of the Weather permitted. Cold, Bathing, particularly to Children, would have been ufeful. \ Relative to a Subjedt obvioufly connedted with the primary and moft beneficial Interefts of the Communi- ty, as profefiional Guardians of the Public Weal, we would anxioufly wilh, fjrom the fulleft Convidtion of their Expediency, feveral of the above Injundtions to be ftridtly executed, when even the Apprehenfion of Danger from infedtious Difeafe is totally removed s and, efpecially, as the bell general Antidote to Con- tagion, we earneftly recommend to the lower Clafs of People