An exposition of the practice of affusing cold water on the surface of the body, as a remedy for the cure of fever : to which are added, remarks on the effects of cold drink, and of gestation in the open air in certain conditions of that disease / by Robert Jackson, M.D.

  • Jackson, Robert, 1750-1827.
Date:
1808
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Credit: An exposition of the practice of affusing cold water on the surface of the body, as a remedy for the cure of fever : to which are added, remarks on the effects of cold drink, and of gestation in the open air in certain conditions of that disease / by Robert Jackson, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    mode of gestation, the greater is the effect upon the health of the subject of the experiment. But though the good effects of gestation be in them- selves conspicuous, they are at the same time much increased by ablutions, by an entire change of clothing, and by frictions, both before the jour- ney is undertaken and after it is finished. The act of gestation alluded to does not produce such a strong and instantaneous effect as the affusion of cold water; but its effects are safer in delicate conditions of disease, and it may be rendered more permanent 5 because it may be continued till the salutary action is not only moved, but till its course is confirmed. Hence it is that travelUng from necessity, as in mihtary service, is often more decisively useful than short airings in an easy car- riage ; for in military service circumstances are so combined that impression is not only made upon the subject and a consequent action produced, but that the action is confirmed by a long continued application of the causes which gave it birth. It is an obvious fact that the impression of pure air stimulates animal life into action ; the impres- sion of pure air combined with exercise is com- monlv admitted to be the cause which maintains health and vigour. The remedy, now so strongly recommended to the notice of the public, is not yet numbered