Medical reports, on the effects of water, cold and warm, as a remedy in fever, and febrile diseases; whether applied to the surface of the body, or used as a drink: with observations on the nature of fever; and on the effects of opium, alcohol, and inanition / by James Currie.

Date:
1797
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Credit: Medical reports, on the effects of water, cold and warm, as a remedy in fever, and febrile diseases; whether applied to the surface of the body, or used as a drink: with observations on the nature of fever; and on the effects of opium, alcohol, and inanition / by James Currie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    P. P. 167 167 The cold bath and cold drink recommended in the fever of the Weft Indies, In the Plague, .... Communication on this fubjeft with Mr. Howard, 172 Chap. XV. Animal heat—its origin. Perf- piration*—its cooling influence. Mode of operation of other remedies in fever—antimonials—opium, &c. Origin of animal heat a recent chemical difeo- very, 174 Evaporation from the furface regulates the liv- ing heat, . . . . ' . 176 Quantity of the matter perfpired uncertain— San£torius and Mr. Crookftianks referred to, 178 Cooling effe&s of evaporation difeovered by Dr. Cullen, and applied to explain the coolnefs of the body in an inftance of extraordinary external *73 ,78 180 heat, by Dr. Franklin, 180 181 by Dr. Bell, 181 182 Cooling effe6ts of the fecretion of fweat, 182 Obfervations on the difeafes of Europeans in the Weft Indies, ..... 18S Perfpirable matter of the negroe, 188 Unguents of the ancients, 189 Pra&ical remarks on the warm bath, 190 '9 3 General view of the operation of opium, *93 Cafe illuftrating its connexion with the heat of the fyftem, ...... 194 When opium produces fleep, '95 How and when to be adminiftered in fever, 1 [96 '97 General view of the operation of Alcohol I98 How and when to be adminiftered in fever, 199 Chap. XVI. Population of Liverpool. Pre-> valence of fever among the poor, with documents. Benefits