Observations on the epidemic fever, of the year 1741 : To which are added several cases, as examples of the benefit arising from bleeding, and purging, in the cure of this fever, in its several stages / By Daniel Cox.

  • Cox, Daniel, -1759.
Date:
1742
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Credit: Observations on the epidemic fever, of the year 1741 : To which are added several cases, as examples of the benefit arising from bleeding, and purging, in the cure of this fever, in its several stages / By Daniel Cox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE IX. October r6th9 1741, 1 wasde~ fired by a Friend, to vifit a Girl about 16, whofe Parents were in low Circumftances ; fhe had been ill of a Fe¬ ver eleven Days, had been kept contin¬ ually in Bed, had fweat very much at the beginning of her Illnefs, having ta¬ ken hot Things for that Purpofe 5 at firft fhe was not Thirfty, but a few Days pail, had a great deal of Third:, and her Tongue and Mouth were parch’d and dry: Sometimes fhe had been almoft light¬ headed, at other Times drowfy, and ftupid, was coftive at firft, but had two Days ago, feven Stools in a few Hours: This Account I had from her Mother. The Symptoms upon her when I firft law her, were a fmall Pain and Weight on her Head, Oppreffion on her Breaft, Inquietude and Anxiety, her Pulfe quick but low, her Urine high-coloured, her Face florid, and her Skin full of fmall Eruptions; her Tongue was very foul, and covered with a white Skin. She was alfo fo faint, that die could not bear to fit up a few Minutes. I bled her to about the Quantity of fix Ounces, the Blood