Reports on the diseases of London, and the state of the weather, from 1804 to 1816 ; including practical remarks on the causes and treatment of the former ; and preceded by a historical view of the state of health and disease in the Metropolis in past times ; ... / By Thomas Bateman.

  • Bateman, Thomas, 1778-1821.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Reports on the diseases of London, and the state of the weather, from 1804 to 1816 ; including practical remarks on the causes and treatment of the former ; and preceded by a historical view of the state of health and disease in the Metropolis in past times ; ... / By Thomas Bateman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    he has adopted with a gradual, but decided amend- ment from the time of his admission, the bowels be- ing occasionally cleared by more active cathartics. The term Cacke.ria syphiloidea is employed by my •much respected colleague, Mr. John Pearson, to de- note a state of general bad habit, connected with many symptoms resembling in their nature and progress the secondary appearances of syphilis; particularly vari- ous blotches and ulcerations of the skin, affections of the throat, tumours, &c. with great debility and ema- ciation. The disease assumes a great variety of forrai and appears to be most effectually treated by prepa- rations of sarsaparilla, when that medicine is genuine, together with the warm salt bath, sea-bathing, and other circumstances that contribute to restore vigour to the habit. In addition to what Mr. Hunter and Mr. Abernethy have given to the public on this im- portant subject, the result of Mr. Pearson's ample experience would be extremely valuable, in the eluci- dation of this yet obscure form of disease.