Practical information on St. Anthony's fire, or erysipelas : and on erythematous affections in general; as also on the measles; in which new modes of treatment are communicated / By E. Peart.

Peart, E. (Edward), 1756?-1824.

Date:: 1802

Credit: Practical information on St. Anthony's fire, or erysipelas : and on erythematous affections in general; as also on the measles; in which new modes of treatment are communicated / By E. Peart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$( 3° ) my little patient was thirfly, fhe had permiffion to drink toaft and water, or a little tea, at plea- fure. If the fever or any peculiar circumflances rendered it neceflary, I requefted that I might hear concerning her in the evening, otherwife not till the fucceeding morning. The evening palled away without interruption, and in the morning following my patient came to viflt me ! She had pafled a comfortable night, being cool, and having flept foundly. The inflammation of the eyes, nofe, and eruption in general, were nearly gone; and the fwellings, both general and local, were fo much fublided, that her countenance had in a great meafure recovered its ufual charadter. She had very little cough, no fever, and the eruption was evidently dying away. In fhort, fhe finifhed her medicine, and from that time fuflfered no \ further lofs, either of play, or of food, or of liberty. This great and fudden difappearance of the fever and eruption made me anxious to try the medicine$