| Description Of Item | Report discussing the 17 cases of continued fever treated in the clinical wards of the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 1 May 1810 and 1 August 1810. Titley outlines the types of fever treated, the course the disease took in several of the patients, and the various treatments administered. These include: emetics, cathartics, cold and warm affusions, tepid washing, pediluvium, bloodletting, blisters, wine and other stimulants (such as aether sulph, ammonia aromas and cinchona), opium tinctures and enemas, submuriate of mercury, acid drinks, lavender and peppermint water, effervescing draughts, diaphoretics, and refrigerants. This report was discussed by Dr Andrew Duncan in his 'Report Presented to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Respecting the Contagious Epidemic Diseases Which Have Prevailed, in That City and Its Neighbourhood, During the Year 1810'. |