Narrative of the efficacy of the Bath waters, in various kinds of paralytic disorders admitted into the Bath Hospital, from the end of 1775, to the end of1785 with particular relations of fifty-two of their cases / published by order of the Committee at the Hospital expence.

  • Bath General Hospital. Committee.
Date:
1787
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Credit: Narrative of the efficacy of the Bath waters, in various kinds of paralytic disorders admitted into the Bath Hospital, from the end of 1775, to the end of1785 with particular relations of fifty-two of their cases / published by order of the Committee at the Hospital expence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    [ 8; ] tinued till the furgeons, finding that the fever was removed, and no inconvenience arifing from the ufe of the bath, thought proper to dired the dry pump to the hip and leg daily, or as often as the patient's ftrength would bear it; and that a ftimulating ointment fhould be rubbed in i the water was alfo or- dered to be drunk at the fame time. In this manner things proceeded to September the 3d, when a coftive habit rendered it necef- fary to order the lenitive ele6luary. This brought on a diarrhoea, which required aftringent medicines occafionally to reftrain it 5 camphor, and other antifpafmodic medi- cines, were alfo ufed on account of fpafmodic rigors, which often afFe6led the patient, efpe- cially in the night, which are not uncommon in fuch cafes, but are rather unfavourable fymptoms. However, the fix months pre- fcribed by the rules of the hofpital for the extent of the patient's refidence being ex- pired within a day or two, and his diforder being much better^ he was difcharged as fuch \ December the 19th, 1781. He was re-admitted the loth of July 1782. He wa$ now much better than when dif- G 2 charged.