 The swellings in some grew hard, and they applied violent drawing plasters, or poultices, to break them ; and if these did not do, they cut and scarified them in a terrible manner. In some, those swellings were made hard, partly by the force of the distemper,...  The Journal of Health and Disease - Page 3681846Full view - About this book
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 386 pages
...creatures, even to death. The swellings in some grew hard, and they applied violent drawing plaisters, or poultices, to break them ; and if these did not...instrument could cut them, and then they burnt them with causticks, so that many died raving mad with the torment; and some in the very operation. In these... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 386 pages
...creatures, even to death. The swellings in some grew hard, and they applied violent drawing plaisters, or poultices, to break them ; and if these did not...instrument could cut them, and then they burnt them with causticks, so that many died raving mad with the torment ; and some in the very operation. In these... | |
 | Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 840 pages
...creatures, even to death. The swellings in some grew hard, and they applied violent drawing plaisters, or poultices, to break them ; and if these did not do, they cut and sacrificed them in a terrible manner : in some, those swellings were made bard, partly by the force... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...grew hard, and they applied violent drawing § lästere or poultices to break them ; and, if these id not do, they cut and scarified them in a terrible...hard, that no instrument could cut them, and then they burned them with caustics, so that many died raving mad with the torment, and some in the very operation.... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - World history - 1835 - 750 pages
...creatures, even to death. The swellings in some grew hard, and they applied violent drawing plasters or poultices to break them ; and if these did not...instrument could, cut them ; and then they burnt them wilh caustics, so that many died raving mad with the torment, and some in the very operation. In these... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 728 pages
...creatures, even to death. The swellings in some grew hard, and they applied violent drawing plasters, or poultices, to break them ; and if these did not...instrument could cut them, and then they burnt them with caustic«, so that many died raving mad with the torment, and some in the very operation. In these... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1843 - 776 pages
...off. ' The swellings (before alluded to) in some grew hard, and they applied violent drawing-poultices to break them ; and if these did not do, they cut and scarified them in a terrible manner : so that many died raving mad with the torment. In these distresses, some laid violent hands upon... | |
 | Literature - 1849 - 648 pages
...particular very violent, and to some intolerable ; the physicians and surgeons may be said to have tortured many poor creatures, even to death. The swellings...and scarified them in a terrible manner : in some, these swellings were made hard, partly by the force of the distemper, and partly by their being too... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...particular very violent, and to some intolerable ; the physicians and surgeons may be said to have tortured many poor creatures even to death. The swellings...caustics, so that many died raving mad with the torment, anil some in the very operation. In these distresses, some, for want of help to hold them down in their... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - History - 1846 - 782 pages
...creatures, even to death. The swellings in some grew hard, and they applied violent drawing plasters or poultices to break them ; and if these did not...instrument could cut them ; and then they burnt them with causties, so that many died raving mad with the torment, and some in the very operation. In these distresses,... | |
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