Several cases in physick, and one in particular, giving an account of a person who was inoculated for the small-pox and had the small-pox upon the inoculation, and yet had it again. Together with two or three other very remarkable small-pox cases, &c. To which is added, a letter to Dr. Lee, giving him an account of a letter of Dr. Freind's concerning that fever which infested the army in Spain; together with the said letter / By Pierce Dod.

  • Dod, Peirce, 1683-1754.
Date:
1746
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Credit: Several cases in physick, and one in particular, giving an account of a person who was inoculated for the small-pox and had the small-pox upon the inoculation, and yet had it again. Together with two or three other very remarkable small-pox cases, &c. To which is added, a letter to Dr. Lee, giving him an account of a letter of Dr. Freind's concerning that fever which infested the army in Spain; together with the said letter / By Pierce Dod. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Strefs upon the Ground; his Stomach, loft; his thirft, unquenchable; his Face meagre, pale and yellow; the Hair of his Hear1 gray, and the whole Habit of his Body, emaciated to Skin and Bones. To thefe Afflictions were frequently added, terrible Fits of the Stone, to which fort of Concretions the En¬ trails of his Body were fo much difpos’d, that after fix Weeks ufe of the Bath Waters, leaving his Waters, by chance, for feven Days, the Urinal was crufted all over with a perfect hard Stone like a Pumice, thicker than a Crown-piece. This was his Cafe when he began to drink the Bath Waters at the End of April, 1691; and he drank them hot in the Morning, and cold at Meals; and in a little time was recon¬ ciled to them for his conftant Drink, without Defire of any other. In a Week’s time his Stomach came, and his Third: abated; and after a Month’s conftantly Drinking, and Bathing every other Day a little while, only to ftretch his Joints, it gave him perfedt Eafe from Pain. The 28th of May he return’d home, and carried fome of the Waters along with him, and fent for them conftantly once a Week, ufing them for his ordinary Drink, and fome- times drinking them warm in the Morning for a Stool or two, as Occafion required, and they