A treatise upon dropsies. Most earnestly recommended to the perusal of all persons afflicted with, or attack'd with the symptoms of, a dropsy / [William Lowther].

  • Lowther, William.
Date:
1757
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Credit: A treatise upon dropsies. Most earnestly recommended to the perusal of all persons afflicted with, or attack'd with the symptoms of, a dropsy / [William Lowther]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Wearinefs, and that he beats his Diforder with Eafe : he that has all thefe favourable Symptoms is cer¬ tainly not dangeroufly attack’d. Tu- mours in this Diforder are good Signs, but not internal ones. A Loofenefs or Vomiting that eafes and diminifhes the Pain is a favourable Symptom; but if it weakens and enervates the Patient there is great Danger : the Danger is extreme if the Patient is of a hot and dry Con- ftitution, and if it at the fame Time it affects the Liver. If any acute Dif¬ order has given rife to the Droply, or come upon the Scirrhous of the Liver or Spleen, Death in this Cafe is almoft inevitable. A dry Cough, a Flux of Blood, or other Humour, which does not give Eafe to the Pa¬ tient, augments the Danger; but more fo if his Breathing is impeded, and his Loofenefs turn to a Diffen- tery. One cannot but fear in a C 2 Dropfy