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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    was cured, but by the time he had taken nine or ten baths, his general health returned, his stomach got in better order, and his bowels active; the swellings of the belly and legs had disappeared, even before the complaint in the skin began to yield. This gentleman judiciously took medicine during the whole time he took the baths. I have had several satisfactory letters from him since, corroborating his good health and spirits LIVER COMPLAINTS, DERANGEMENT OF THE STOMACH, AND DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Case 40. A Medical Officer, whilst serving at Malta, had a severe attack of iniSammation of the liver, for which he was invalided, and came home apparently to die. He was recommended by Dr. Ridgway, of the 95th regiment^ to try my baths. The attack was seven months previous to my seeing him. AVhen 'he came to me, there M'as much torpor of the liver, with evident en- largement; he was exceedingly emaciated and weak. He complained of pain in the side, con- stant lassitude and head-ache, with continual thirst. His tongue was white, and furred, his pulse weak, quick, and irregular. The skin was dry and unperspirable; indeed he had never had the least perspiration since the commence-