Excerpt from A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 2: Part the First, in Three Volumes, Containing a Sketch of the Revolutions and Improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature During That Period The introduction of F actitious Airs into the ma teria medica may be considered as marking a splen. Did and very interesting period in its history. Some facts on this subject were stated in a preceding section, to which it will only be added, that though our knowledge of this important class of remedies is yet in its infancy, there are probably few sources from which more important aid to the physician may be expected to be hereafter derived. The affusion of lvater, cold and warm, on the body, in fevers and other diseases, deserves to be mentioned in this place as a new article in the ma teria medica, at least with respect to the principles and manner of its application. The simplicity, pleasantness, universal readiness of access, and um questionable efficacy of this remedy, will, it is to be hoped, soon recommend it to general use. The honour due to Dr. Currie, of Liverpool, for his en lightened experiments, and valuable publication on this subject, was before noticed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.