Clinical illustrations of fever. Comprising a report of the cases treated at the London Fever Hospital, 1828-1829 / [Alexander Tweedie].

  • Tweedie, Alexander, 1794-1884.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Clinical illustrations of fever. Comprising a report of the cases treated at the London Fever Hospital, 1828-1829 / [Alexander Tweedie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This principle led to the idea of establishing separate wards for the reception of fever patients, which were accordingly, first opened in the year 1784, in the Infirmary at Chester, under Dr. Haygarth’s directions. This measure was followed by a marked dimi- nution of the number of cases of fever, and gave also an opportunity of having the apartments, from which the sick were removed, purified by white washing and fumigation, while the furniture and clothing were, at the same time, Fandigauaes cleansed. The success of these measures in abating the prevalence of fever in Chester, induced the Go- - vernors of the Liverpool Infirmary to accede to the suggestion of the late Dr. Currie, -of SPemng fever wards under his superintendence. | Hitherto no separate building had been erected for the exclusive reception of fever patients. The first institution of this kind was established in Manchester, in the year 1796, under the name of Fever House, which was afterwards changed for that of House of Recovery. The advantages of such an institution in a large manufacturing town, such as Manchester, which is densely inhabited by artisans, were apparent from the following fact, that the number of fever patients, in the pile of