S§ MEMOIR OF DR WIUCJHT. 



employed by Dr Wlll(iHT, are strikingly illustrated 

 by the following memorandum : " In 1772," he says, 

 " I was sent for to see a person ill of a fever, at a consid- 

 erable distance from Orangehill. His name was Wil- 

 liam Jewel, aged about thirty years, and by trade 

 a cooper. He had caught the fever by exposure to 

 the heat of the sun ; and it was attended with the 

 usual symptoms of remittents. He had been attended 

 by a person of no experience, who had already admi- 

 nistered several drastic vomits and purges. 



" I found him in a hot room, with all the doors and 

 windows shut, stewing with warm drinks under a 

 load of bed-cloaths. His headach was great — his thirst 

 intolerable — his skin burning hot ; nor were the symp- 

 toms abated by the partial sweats produced by the 

 warm drinks, the bed-cloaths, and the surrounding 

 curtains. My first object was to cool the atmosphere 

 in which he breathed. I drew aside the curtains, and 

 caused the blankets to be gradually removed. The 

 door was opened, and the Venetian lattice of the win- 

 dow was let down, so as to admit a free circulation of 

 the external air, without permitting it to blow in the 

 direction of the bed The poor man was greatly re- 

 lieved. ' Will you,' he said, ' indulge me with a cup 

 of cold water?' ' Most certainly,' I replied, and hand- 

 ed him a half pint tumbler. He drank it hastily, 

 with a thousand thanks, and was much refreshed. 

 After ten minutes he begged for another, which was 

 also granted. In a short while he exclaimed, ' You 

 have saved my life, I am cool and comfortable ! The 

 skin was now restored to its natural heat, a kindly 



