Note 87 — PART II. OF DISEASES. (continued 2)

The ingenious Dr. Lind, of Edinburgh, in his inaugural dissertation concerning the putrid remitting fever of Bengal, has the following observation: “Indusia, lodices, ac stragula, sæpius sunt mutanda, ac aëri exponenda; fœces sordesque quam primum removendæ; oportet etiam ut loca quibus ægri decumbunt sint salubria, et aceto conspersa; denique ut ægris cura quanta maxima prospiciatur. Compertum ego habeo, medicum hæc fedulo observantem, quique ea exequi potest, multo magis ægris profuturum, quam medicum peritiorem hisce commodis destitutum.”

“The patient’s shirt, bed-clothes, and bedding, ought frequently to be changed, and exposed to the air, and all his excrements immediately removed; the bed-chamber should be well ventilated, and frequently sprinkled with vinegar; in short, every attention should be paid to the patient. I can affirm, that a physician who puts these in practice will much oftener succeed than one who is even more skilful, but has not opportunity of using these means.”