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“ACCOUNT oF tue DISEASES in LONDON, 
From the 20th of September to the 20th of OGteber. 
Admitie® under the Care of the Phyficians of the Finfbury Difpenfary. 
No. eae 
IARRH CEA EN ee eS See 47 
Roles: Out Leite) S 2 ee are 9 
Dyfenterta) ook wages iar inks eee it 
Catarrhae oe ee eek eer 26 
Bheumatiinous 044 oot eo eck 22 te 25 
Blaemapypls wien oc est ek ee 5 
ME Vans. cies ae ee ne ele 11 
Alcttes etAnatarca 20. lk ke eS 19 
Cynanche ‘Trachealis ..--..-22-.---. 3 
Binetonotes Noo oo au ee eee 21 
Micnoriranie Set oA ee Ge i fe) 
eaeopehiveal ob ice eee ete 7 
BAVA fia? PPE) Re a a eS 4 
fey) (ayn Fe: Reve Okey Sete one Ra Oe PO Op Sy fom = 
Patilylie Ge Ge bk Lic neta 2 candle 
Dyfpepfia et Hypochondria --.:-....-. 13 
Pieibr Outatier 5.0400 tila eel oS 13 
SMerbi Bniamtites late crete chiye 17 
Diforders of the inteftines fill appear 
to retain their afcendency in the: lift of 
difeafes. They afflsé more efpeciaily that 
clafs of the community, which is leaft 
proteéted exteriorily, and is leaft internally 
fupported againft the noxious and debi- 
litating qualities of our atmofphere during 
the months of autumn and the earlier 
part of the winter feafon, 
Diluents and mucilaginous mixtures 
ufed, in the firt infance, in order to fa- 
cilitate the morbid evacuation ; after that 
has been fufficiently encouraged, opiates 
and other aftringents to check its further 
progrefs ; and during the period of con- 
valefcence, pharmaceutical remedies: and 
nourifhing diet to corre& the. debility 
which remains, conftitute the outline of 
the practice which is neceflary, and will, 
_ in general, be found fufficient to. fecure 
the fpeedy and perfe&t reftoration of the 
patient to his natural and accuftomed 
health. 
Coughs, at this time of the year, are 
peculiarly prevalent. They are preva- 
Jent indeed, at every period, in our uncer- 
tain climate; to the frequent viciffitudes 
“ of which, and not in. the leaft meafure 
to the intenfity of its cold, is to be af- 
ceribed the abundance of our catarrhal 
diforders.. There is no degree of frigi- 
dity or heat which is, in itfelf, produc 
tive of difeafe to thofe who are born un- 
der and are habituated to its influence. 
The diforder, for inftance, known by 
the Gallic appellation of le coup de foleil 
is indicated by its name to arife from the 
operation of the fun’s rays. But it is 
not from their uaiform operation. Ina 
work recently publifhed, it is afferted upon _ 
the author’s perfonal experience and ob- 
fervation, that, ‘* notwithftanding the 
long continued and exceflive heat of the 
climate, this diforder is intirely unknown 
to the Africans. They expofe the head 
uncovered to the perpendicular rays of a 
f{corching funduring the greateft bodily ex- 
ertions with perfect impunity; and children 
not a month old are expofed whilit ileeping 
behind their mother’s: backs tothe full 
heat and glare of funfhine, without ap- 
pearing to fuffer in the leaft.””. The wri- 
ter afterwards -obferves, “the coup de 
Soleil appear to prevail chiefly in thofe 
countries where the alieruations of heat 
and cold are confiderable, and where the 
atmofphere is occafionally obfeured by 
clouds ; a portion of this moveable cur- 
tain being for a moment fuddenly with- 
drawn, the rays of the fun are concen- 
trated as in a burning lens.” 
What has been oblerved with acca to 
climate may, ina great meafure, apply to 
the operation of other phyfical caufes. 
Habits of regimen, for inftance, that come 
not exaétly within the limits of a falu- 
tary moderation are, perhaps, lefs cer- 
tainly and fpeedily deftruétive, than 
often returning and violent flu€tuations 
between abftinence and licentious luxury. 
Tt is not the rapid movement of a ma- 
chine, fo much as the frequent recurrence 
of fudden turnings and abrupt ftoppages, 
that tends to difarrange, and deftroy the 
materials of its ftruéture. 
OG. 27, 1803; 
Southampton row. 
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J. Rei. 
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