On the efficay of yeast in the cure of those diseases known by the name of putrid.

Date:
1815
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Credit: On the efficay of yeast in the cure of those diseases known by the name of putrid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In Dr. Beddoes' Considerations there are the following cures; Mr. Caldwell, engraver, (as Dr. Thornton reports,) requested him to go into Green- street, Leiccsterfields, to attend Mr. Hadril, who, he said, it was supposed would not outlive the day. I found liim labouring under a dreadful putrid sore throat; the tongue was black and thick coated, and the pulse quick and fluttering: evacuations being first premised, yeast and bark in porter were exhib- ited every two hours. His sister who nursed him, was soon after attacked by the same fever, bu the throat was not affected. She was not, like her brother, confined to her bed, but her weakness was so great that she could not walk across the room, nor even stand up half a minute without support. In both these cases the relief from the yeast was very striking, and they were soon cured : the wife was also infected, who received a similar benefit from the yeast. The most extraordinary cases, however, are the following:—In Husband-street, a small confined situation near Berwick-street, a fever broke out, Which, in the short space of a fortnight, in three houses only, swept away si\ persons. Dr. Thorn- ton's assistance was at this time called in to Mrs. AVollot, No. 1, in that street, who lay delirious and 0 <> •