A serious address, on the dangerous consequences of neglecting common coughs and colds, with ample directions for the prevention and cure of consumptions : to which are added, observations on the hooping cough and asthma / by Thomas Hayes, member of the Corporation of Surgeons, London, &c.

  • Hayes, Thomas, active 1783-1786.
Date:
1796
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Credit: A serious address, on the dangerous consequences of neglecting common coughs and colds, with ample directions for the prevention and cure of consumptions : to which are added, observations on the hooping cough and asthma / by Thomas Hayes, member of the Corporation of Surgeons, London, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    directed in confumptinns ; for there is great danger of producing one. All the bad cafes which I have feen, have had the fame fymptoms as thofe have, who arc confumptive from other caufes, only that they whoop in their coughing ; and this whoop often remains from weaknefs of particular or- gans, or from the power of habit on thole parts, after the infection is gone ; avid they have all been cured by the fame means as I have direct- ed for confumptions. Pure air is of the greateft importance in the cure of the Hooping Cough. It is neceffafy in all its ftages ; but abfolutcly fo, where it is very bad, and has laid great hold on the conftitution. I have fometirnes thought that changing the air irom place to place has proved ot advantage ; but in general, where the diet and other things are conducted right, they have done very well in my neighbourhood. The foil is chiefly grave), and fand mixed with a good loam, and free from ftagnant waters, and corrupting vegetables, and near enough to town to have all its convenien- ces, yet out of the influence of the fmoke arif- ing from it. The air of large towns, and populous p1?cc?, always aggravates the Hooping Cough, and how- ever proper it may be for the fick, to l'iay in them, till the very dangerous- part is over ; it is really ncceiiary for the patient to go, fomewhere into the country afterwards, to remove the ef- fects of the difeafe, and prevent a relapfe, or a confumption, which too often fucceeds this tedious and frequently fatal complaint. OBSERVATIONS