A continuation of the account of the nature causes, symptoms and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people illustrated with some remarkable instances of the sicknesses of the fleet during the last summer, historically related : to which is prefix'd an essay concerning the quantity of blood that is to be evacuated in fevers : being the third part of the work / by William Cockburn ...
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A continuation of the account of the nature causes, symptoms and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people illustrated with some remarkable instances of the sicknesses of the fleet during the last summer, historically related : to which is prefix'd an essay concerning the quantity of blood that is to be evacuated in fevers : being the third part of the work / by William Cockburn ...
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Cockburn, W. (William), 1669-1739.
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London :: Printed for Hugh Newman ...,
1697.
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Medicine, Naval -- England.
Sailors -- England -- Medical care.
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"A continuation of the account of the nature causes, symptoms and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people illustrated with some remarkable instances of the sicknesses of the fleet during the last summer, historically related : to which is prefix'd an essay concerning the quantity of blood that is to be evacuated in fevers : being the third part of the work / by William Cockburn ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33551.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
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Observation XXXIII.
B—D—Surgeon of his Maje∣sties
Ship the—after a Summer's
custom of drinking drams of Bran∣dy
and other Spirituous Liquors, was
perfectly dried up, and decay'd; he
had no Appetite for Meat, he had a
great drought, he Sweat very much
in the night, and could not sleep:
He had taken a Vomit and was drink∣ing
decoct. amar. ashoar when I saw
him first; so I forbid him to use the
decoction any longer, and desir'd his
whole diet might be Water-gruel,
Whey, Milk and the like, and to
take frequently some of the following
Electuary.
syr. alth. Fernel. q. s. ut f. electuar.
Cujus capiat magnitud. nuc. myristic.
bis vel ter in die, superbibendo seri lact.
recent. ac non salsi poculum.
He continu'd faithfully in the use
of these Med'cins for a Month, and
recover'd sensibly every day.
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