A dissertation on fevers and inflammatory distempers : wherein an expeditious method is proposed of curing those dangerous disorders / by R. James, M.D. ... ; to which is added, an account of the success with which this medicine has been given in the small pox, yellow fever, slow fever, and rheumatism.

  • James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776.
Date:
1755
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Credit: A dissertation on fevers and inflammatory distempers : wherein an expeditious method is proposed of curing those dangerous disorders / by R. James, M.D. ... ; to which is added, an account of the success with which this medicine has been given in the small pox, yellow fever, slow fever, and rheumatism. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thofe who ufe much Exercife in hot Weather, or who travel into hot Climates, without any Fever or Cardiacs. Hence 1 have been induced to efteem them as the pure Effedts oi'to'o intenfe Heat, and otherwife as independent of the Fever, and as little to be regarded in the Treat¬ ment, as a long Beard, or a dirty Face, when {having or wattling have been negledled, in Confequence of an acute Diforder. Of this, however, 1 will venture to be poft- tive, that let the Phyfician but remove the Fever, and ei¬ ther no miliary Eruptions wi!l be protruded; or if they are, they will be fo perfectly inoffenfive, as neither to deferve any Notice, nor am particular Treatment Upon the whole, I have many Reafons to fuipeff that many of the miliary Fevers we hear of, are entirely the Children of Art; and that Nature is very little concern’d in their Generation. In order to explain how 1 appre¬ hend they may be at any Time produced, give me leave for once to fuppofe a Cafe. Let the ltrongefl Porter or Chairman that can be met with, in the mod: entire State of Health, be confined to his bed in a very warm Room; let him take every four Hours hot Sudorifics, and let Sweats be folicited by drinking plentifully Sack or White- Wine Whey, and by all other Methods that can be con¬ trived. He will foon find himfelf hot, reftlefs, and un- eafy ; and in fome Days, Nature will probably attempt his Relief, by exciting a Diarrhoea. Let this be immediately check’d, and foon after he will become delirious, and will fleep either very uneafily, or not at all. Then let a Blitter be laid on his Back, and, in the Progrefs of his Treat¬ ment, half a Dozen more on various Parts of the Body, and let the fame Medicines and Regimen be continued. He will become more hot, reftlefs, and delirious, be ex¬ cruciated with the Strangury, and very likely fweat pro- fufely, while the Symptoms continually increafe. When he has been thus managed a certain Number of Days, fourteen for Example, or, if thefe are not fufhcient, twenty, ’tis a thoufand to one that Miliary Eruptions will appear upon the Surface of the Skin * and then withdraw¬ ing the heating Medicines, and Regimen, and giving him fome Stools, ’tis pofhble he may recover. The three following Cafes may poflibly convince thofe whom Faffs can influence, that all the Maxims commonly received, relative to Miliary Fevers, are not Itriffly true. Th*