The village-pastor's surgical and medical guide, in letters from an old physician to a young clergyman, his son.

  • Skrimshire, F. (Fenwick), 1774 or 1775-1855.
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The village-pastor's surgical and medical guide, in letters from an old physician to a young clergyman, his son. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    sufferer to his home, to suggest the easiest mode of divesting such limb, or the dislocated joint, of its covering, will be to save the sufferer much tor- ture, and perhaps, by preventing further injury, to expedite the cure. In cases of sudden seizure, as of apoplexy, epi- lepsy, convulsions, or fainting, speedy assistance is of the first importance; some judgment is required to distinguish the nature of the attack, and, long before a medical attendant can arrive upon the spot, the patient may be saved or lost. To prepare you, as well as I can, to meet such emergencies, will be the principal object of the fol- lowing letters; and into what an increased sphere of usefulness must the acquisition of such know- ledge introduce the resident village clergyman, who will most assuredly be the person first resorted to, and first consulted, in all cases of serious accident and sudden illness, when it is known to his poor parishioners that he is in possession of the requisite attainments to administer to their relief; and par- ticularly so, if they know from experience, that he is at the same time graced with that philanthropy and Christian charity, which is ever ready to relieve distress, and which cheerfully submits to personal inconvenience for the good of others. I need not in this introductory letter specify the many cases of both acute and chronic illness, in which the pastor, thus instructed in certain general principles, and qualified by certain general rules to