40 MEMOIR OF DR WRIGHT. 



" September 9. — Having given the necessary direc- 

 tions, about three o'clock in the afternoon, I stripped 

 off all my cloaths, and threw a sea-cloak loosely about 

 me, till I got upon the deck, when the cloak also was 

 laid aside. Three buckets mil of salt water were then 

 thrown at once upon me. The shock was great, but I 

 felt immediate relief. The headache, and other pains, 

 instantly abated, and a line glow and diaphoresis suc- 

 ceeded. Towards evening, however, the same febrile 

 symptoms threatened a return, and I had again re- 

 course to the same method as before, with the same 

 good effect. I now took food with an appetite, and, 

 for the first time, had a sound night's rest. 



" September 10. — No fever, but a little uneasiness 

 in the hams and thighs ; used the cold-bath twice. 



" September 11. — Every symptom vanished ; but, 

 to prevent a relapse, I used the cold-bath twice. 



" Mr Thomas Kirk, a young gentleman passenger 

 in the same ship, fell sick of a fever on the 9th of Au- 

 gust. His symptoms were nearly similar to mine ; 

 and, having taken some medicines, without experien- 

 cing relief, he was desirous of trying the cold-bath, 

 which, with my approbation, he did on the 11th and 

 12th of September ; and, by this method, was happily 

 restored to health." 



In the course of the correspondence which will fee 

 introduced in the sequel, there may probably be occa- 

 sion to recur to this interesting and important narra- 

 tive ; but it is proper, in this place, so far to antici- 

 pate the chronological order of events, as to notice 

 that the narrative itself was communicated to the 



