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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 30, 2020

Medical reports, on the effects of water, cold and warm, as a remedy in fever and febrile diseases.

Publication Details

Liverpool: Cadell & Davies, 1797 CE.

Currie was among the first in Britain to use cold water packs in the treatment of fever. He made some original observations on the clinical use of the thermometer. It was Currie who first edited Robert Burns’s Collected Works.

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Entry Number#1988
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/3810
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLmedical-reports-on-the-effects-of-water-cold-and-warm-as-a-remedy-in-fever-and-febrile-diseases

Geographic Context

Publication place: Liverpool