An abridgment [sic] of the second edition of a work, written by Dr. Currie, of Liverpool in England : on the use of water, in diseases of the human frame ; and fever, opium, strong drink, abstinence from food, and the passages through the human skin ; with occasional remarks.

  • Currie, James, 1756-1805.
Date:
[1799]
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Credit: An abridgment [sic] of the second edition of a work, written by Dr. Currie, of Liverpool in England : on the use of water, in diseases of the human frame ; and fever, opium, strong drink, abstinence from food, and the passages through the human skin ; with occasional remarks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WeftTndifs ; and he fiippofe's it fdutary art?r exer- cifs; and 'hat it reftralns profufe fweating, keeps up the heat of the furface and extrL-rr.'ni?s fd a^ :o pre- vent re aclion in the arterial f flem, and tooths the fenfations; b'Jt he adds, that on leaving the bath,friftiotv HiouKl follow, with the anointing cf the furface to pre- vent evaporation. To this fyftem, however, he w<-u!d join flannel clothing next to the fliin, after the Greek and Roman manner. Perhaps thefe things fhonld ac- company each oih?r ; but without going fo far, it is clear that cotton woul 1 be ufefu! next to the fkin both in hot an 1 in col.I couBtries; purfuant to the boaft of the Eighth cotton manufacturer, who fays that whoever* ufes cotton once, never quits it. The ufe of oil is alfo proper for fwimmers ; and among other reafons (as Dr. Currie re narks] that the body may glide more eafiiy through the water, as well as to guard them (is we have addei') againft the cramp. Dr. Curri; thinks that the perfpirable matter of Eu- ropeans is not well fitted for the torrid zone, as beirg too liquid ; adding that the fVeat of the negro is unc- tuous or oily. Has he or others made the conrtparifbiv in a fcientific view; and t;,ke:i the cafe of the Hindoo and other Afiaticp, with that'of the original Americans, inio the account ? The queftion demands to be treated with caution. Dr. Currie, in a paper in the Appendix to his work, fpeaks of a Jbip-tureck nf fome Amencant near Liverpool'; adding remarks on the influence of frfh and kit.water, hot and cold, on the powers of the living body imrrer- fed in it : the article being extracted from the London Phi! : Trans: for 17^2. It appears as to the Americans that two who died early during the accid«nt, fuffcted from an alternate er- pofuie