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.

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    3-2 the nig^hts. This gentleman was so weak as to be scarcely able to walk : he too found himself rather worse after the first few baths, before he beo-an to mend. He took but eleven before he discontinued theni) to go in the country. I met this gentleman at the end of two months, walking- erect, between two ladies, in excellent health and spirits, and looking- so well that I should not have known him, had he not first spoken to me. Case 45. Mr. A. a patient of Mr. Wardrop, had been confined to his room more than eighteen months, covered with dark red ulcerations, not excepting even the face. This'-gentleman was so weak, he was obliged to be carried from a neigh- bouring house to the baths, in the arms of a ser- vant: he took but few baths, before he began to improve in spirits, health, and strength. None of these three last patients took much medicine, after they commenced the baths. This last gentleman soon got quite well, and now is serving with his regiment, in the West Indies. Case 46. Mr. S. a medical gentlemauj had been for four years teazed with a Venereal ulce- ration, all over the scalp, obliging him to wear a wig; and on one arm, the elbow, and above and below the elbow. The first two baths occasioned so much smarting, he was scarcely able to remain in the baths; this did not occur afterwards. He took but seven of the dry Sulphurous Baths; the ulcers healed kindly. Two years have elapsed,