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

Liverpool: Cadell & Davies, 1797.

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
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External URLmedical-reports-on-the-effects-of-water-cold-and-warm-as-a-remedy-in-fever-and-febrile-diseases

Geographic Context

Publication place: Liverpool