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CHAPTER III 



t'ACE 



OUTLINE OF FOTHERGILL'S LIFE IN LONDON . .18 



White Hart Court Fothergill's care for the poor Visits patients 

 with apothecaries Licentiate of the College of Physicians, 1744 

 His treatise on the ulcerated sore throat, 1748- Great increase 

 of his practice Abortive thoughts of marriage His sister Ann 

 Fothergill joins him, 1754 His many friends Scientific work 

 Botanical garden at Upton, 1762 Fellow of the Royal 

 Society, 1763 He takes a country house, Lea Hall, Cheshire, 

 1765 Removal from the city to Harpur Street, 1767 Dr. 

 Lettsom Medical Societies He is proposed as a King's 

 physician, 1774 He recommends Dr. Dimsdale to the Empress 

 of Russia, 1768 Philanthropic work Aids to literature 

 Anthony Purver and his Bible, 1764 Friendship with Franklin 

 Fothergill's ties with Pennsylvania His peace work, 1774, 

 1775- 



CHAPTER IV 



FOTHERGILL AS A PHYSICIAN His WORK IN THERA- 

 PEUTICS . . . . . .30 



Causes of his great success in medical practice : his insight, 

 rapidity, tenacity, kindness A visit to a patient, described by 

 Barbara Hoyland His thorough training : a follower of Boer- 

 haave State of Therapeutics in his time The old traditions 

 of polypharmacy giving way Venice Treacle and Mithridate 

 Fothergill's influence in the rational use of remedies One of 

 the best prescribers of his age Researches into many drugs 

 Letters to Professor Alston London without a university 

 Persian Manna Kino Catechu Winter's bark Sassafras, etc. 

 Chemical remedies Mineral waters of Buxton, Bristol, etc. 

 Antimony History of the use and disuse of this drug : Basil 

 Valentine : the French school Examples of Fothergill's pre- 

 scriptions. 



CHAPTER V 



FOTHERGILL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE. A CASE IN CON- 

 SULTATION . . . . . -41 



Tropical diseases Emulsions James Bogle-French Hemlock 

 Cinchona bark Treatment of gout Fothergill's letters of advice 

 Some of his patients Wesley Lord Clive A case in con- 

 sultation with Dr. Cuming Fothergill's tactful discouragement 

 of bleedings and multiple drugs His favourite lines of treatment 

 Emphasis on Digestion His hours of practice Library. 



