A practical dissertation on the medicinal effects of the Bath waters / by William Falconer.

  • Falconer, William, 1744-1824.
Date:
1798
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Credit: A practical dissertation on the medicinal effects of the Bath waters / by William Falconer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It appears from the hofpital regifter, that from Jan. 1, 1776, to Jan. l, 1783, 196 patients were admitted for this difeafe, of whom 119 were cleanfed, 51 much better, 12 better, 8 no better, 2 dead of the fmall-pox, 1 difcharged for mifbe- behaviour, and 3 improper for a trial of the Bath waters. The proportion of thofe benefited, to thofe that received no benefit, is (excluding the two that died of the fmall-pox, the one difcharged for mifbehavior, and the three that were improper for a trial of the waters) as 22.75 to 1. The above are the principal diforders in which the Bath waters have been found to be fuccefsful. Analogy will, no doubt, extend their ufe toothers of a fimilar nature, though not exactly correfpond- ing with the above defcriptions, which mud be confidered rather as general outlines, than as ap- proaching to exa£t delineations. It feldom hap- pens that two cafes tally, in point of the fymptoms at large, though they may agree in the leading circumftances, and afford information fufficient to direft. the practice of the phyfician. I would, however, recommend to thofe who advife patients to the ufe of the Bath waters, to keep in their minds the confideration of the ftimu- lant quality which they poflefs, and which is un-