Remarks on the Reverend Dr. Hancocke's Febrifugum magnum. Wherein are shewn the absurdity and inconsistency of the Doctor's reasoning, and the inevitable danger consequent upon the use of cold water in fevers / By James Gardner.

  • Gardner, James.
Date:
1723
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Credit: Remarks on the Reverend Dr. Hancocke's Febrifugum magnum. Wherein are shewn the absurdity and inconsistency of the Doctor's reasoning, and the inevitable danger consequent upon the use of cold water in fevers / By James Gardner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    flower than the Motion it had be lore Venefedion was ordered, which is the Notion of our Author, but entirely contrary to the Truth, as I have alrea¬ dy demonftrated. In the Sentence immediately follow¬ ing the former, P. 8. he proceeds thus And as to curing its Vifcidity, I con¬ fers 1 have no Notion bow farting with fix, eight or ten Ounces of Bloody can much ajfeSl the Vtfcidity of the Blood all over the Body. A ftrange way of Reafoning indeed ! Becaufe he who, as he confeffes, is no !Phyfician, and but a Smatterer in any hind of Phylofophy, has no Notion of the Matter, does it therefore follow, that VenefeCtion can havenofuch Ef¬ fect ? Dr. Pitcairne afferts indeed, that Breathing a Vein takes away the Vilci- dity of the Blood, but neither menti¬ ons the Quantity, nor how often the Operation fliould be repeated, leaving both one and the other to the Directi¬ on of the Phylician, according to the E Cir-