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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    feci the Regard of the ‘People of this Na¬ tion the leaf. IVre a ’Suit oj Law de¬ pending about fome Matter of the fmallefl Account, juch is their Concern for their own IntereSi, that none but the ablefl Councilor mufl be feed • yet fuch is their Madnefs, that, when their Life and Health lies at flake, they'll fly for Help to a Webb or a Wiggins, neither of whom underfland any more of Phyfick than my Father's Coach-Mare. Gentlemen, Tou are all appris'd of the Truth of what is here ajferted, as well as 1, and often complain of thefe Grievances, but confider not the Spring from whence they flow • and therefore take no Care to re- drefs them. Were 1 to give my Senti¬ ments about this Matter, / would dare to ajfirm, that the Caufe of all thefe arife from your felves j and that you are the Source from whence thefe Evils flow. You have a Charter, by which you are. empower'd to defend your felves, and Je- cure