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ON THE 



USE OF COLD BATHING 



IN THE 



LOCKED JAW. 



[Communicated in a Letter to John Fothergill, M. D. F. R. S. 

 and first published in the Medical Observations and Enquiries, 

 Vol. vi. p. 143. London 1784.] 



Sir, Edinburgh, 20th January 1779- 



I have sent you several cases of the Tetanus and Opistho- 

 tonos, which were successfully treated by the external appli- 

 cation of cold water. Since I used this method, I never fail- 

 ed, in one instance, to effect a cure ; and that in a shorter 

 time than by any other method hitherto proposed. 



I have stated facts as they occurred, in those cases under 

 my own observation, or from the accounts of gentlemen to 

 whom I communicated my remarks. Truth and honour, in 

 practitioners, only can give lustre and excellence to the science 

 of physic. 



And now, having fulfilled my engagements to you, and 

 your worthy friends of the Medical Society of London, I 

 hope, by your means, these papers will be given to the pub- 

 lic soon : and am, with great respect, 



Sir, 



Your most humble servant, 



W. Wright. 



