An account of the epidemical catarrhal fever, commonly called the influenza, as it appeared at Bath in the winter and spring of the year 1803 / [William Falconer].

  • Falconer, William, 1744-1824
Date:
1803
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Credit: An account of the epidemical catarrhal fever, commonly called the influenza, as it appeared at Bath in the winter and spring of the year 1803 / [William Falconer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wards the cure. In that variety of the disease that is accompanied with sore-throat, the use of leeches to the part affected is advised, together with emollient cataplasms round the jaws. If the pulse become weak, the stomach sick, and the glands loaded with mucus, an emetic of 15 or 20 grains of ipecacuanha is recommended; and if that does not relieve the symptoms, a blister or sinapism applied round the throat, to be employed, however, as rubefacients^ and removed as soon as symptoms of inflammation of the part come on. « In the third variety, called the catarrhal peri- pneumony, they advise leeches to be put on the seat of the pleuritic pain, and these to be followed with the applications of emollient cataplasms, or bladders half filled with warm milk; and if these do not re¬ lieve, to have immediate recourse to a blister or a sinapism. If, besides the pain in the side, the tongue be foul, if the patient complains of a bad taste in the mouth, an emetic of ipecacuanha often affords relief. Opiates are also recommended, as fulfilling all the indications. If the expectoration stops, and the breathing becomes oppressed, blisters between the shoulders, and to the legs and arms, are advised. “ In the fourth variety, or catarre suffoquant, they recommend not to lose a moment of time. Warm inciding draughts are advised, with large