The case of a hydrophobia / By Dr. Fothergill. Reprinted from the fifth volume of Medical observations and inquiries. By a a [sic] society of physicians in London. With additions.

  • Fothergill, John, 1712-1780.
Date:
1778
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Credit: The case of a hydrophobia / By Dr. Fothergill. Reprinted from the fifth volume of Medical observations and inquiries. By a a [sic] society of physicians in London. With additions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    healthy new-born infant did not pro-* duce the leaft anodyne efFeCt. The like trial has been made with Mithridate, Venice Treacle* and Laudanum* and with the like refult. In a difeafe fa iwift in its progrefs, it is of confequence to know what will not be efficacious. It compels us to look around for other auxiliaries,, If mercurials can be of ufe, it would feem that the fleam of Cinnabar would be worth a trial. By this means it would be practicable to impregnate the air in which the patient breathes, fhould he be incapable of admitting the fume in the ufual mode, into the Fauces, fo as to produce the effeCts of Mercury on the parts affeCted the moft fpeedily. When the patient comes out of the warm bath, the mercurial ointment may be applied liberally. I am afraid it will be found as ineffectual as the other means hitherto made ufe of; but in cafes like this, it is better to try a medicine of whofe efficacy there may be fome doubt, than none at all, In