An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / [John Fothergill].

  • Fothergill, John, 1712-1780
Date:
1751
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / [John Fothergill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    or a troublefome Diarrhoea ; the Menfes were pale, and in (mall Quantities; and her Health in general was greatly impaired. She had fcarce recover’d from this weak State, when the Death of a near Relation * t, brought her almoft into the fame Circum- ftances; from which (he was (lowly recruit¬ ing, when (he married. Her Sicknefs, Vo¬ miting, and Lofs of Appetite, foon return’d : which (he conceal’d as much as poffible. Under thefe Difad vantages, (he was feized with this Diftemper, a Day or two after (foe had vifited an Acquaintance labouring under the fame Diforder: It came on with a Cold- nefs and Trembling like that of an Ague-Fit, great Faintnefs, and an acute Pain in her Head with a Vomiting more violent than (he was ufually affedted with, and a Purging. To¬ wards Evening (he grew very hot and reftlefs, complained of a Sorenefs in her Throat, and the Difcharges abated. Her Face, Neck, and Hands were intenfely red; (he frequently figh’d, and from her Afpedt and Geftures there was Reafon to fufpedl a Delirium ap¬ proaching. She (lept little that Night; and next Morning her Pulfe, which before was very quick and fmall, feemed to be fome- what more full, but not fenfibly flower; and fhe complained of Faintnefs and Anxiety. The Parts about the Fauces were much re¬ lax’d, very red^ in fome Places almoft livid,