A short illustration of the advantages derived by the use of sulphurous fumigating, hot air and vapour baths, in a variety of obstinate diseases / by Jonathan Green.

  • Green, Jonathan, 1788?-1864.
Date:
1825
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Credit: A short illustration of the advantages derived by the use of sulphurous fumigating, hot air and vapour baths, in a variety of obstinate diseases / by Jonathan Green. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    exteiuled his life to a hundred years. This gen- tleman then left off the baths, but in the course of a month returned to them, asking, If 1 recollected his remark of living till he was a hmidred? I told him certainly, Well, I have come again, for I hope yet to attain that age, my health being so much improved since 1 left off the baths, that though for years I have been able to digest scarcely any thing, not even a potatoe, unless boiled till ready to fall to pieces, and I now think I could eat a raw car- rot, without inconvenience. This gentleman continues to come to town frequently to take a bath, as a preservative of health. Case 37. Mr. E. a patient of Mr. Jeffrey, aged about forty-five, had been afflicted from his infancy with the most severe of all the skin complaints, (impetigo scabidaj: he seldom or ever was quite free from this disease, but in the spring, and during the summer was covered from head to foot, so as to prevent him wearing shoes, or even getting off his chair, unless with extreme caution, as the skin would crack in longi- tudinal lines, become much inflamed, discharg- ingj and extremely painful. This gentleman, for forty years, had been taking medicines of every description, likely to be of service to him ; advised by the first physicians, not only in London, but throughout Great Britain, Paris, Vienna, Naples, 8tC. &.C.3 indeed the great object of his life was to