The patient is to be placed in a large empty tub, and two buckets full of water, of the temperature 75 or 80 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer ... are to be thrown on him." - Dr. Adam Kuhn, Philadelphia, 1793. De Quincey's knowledge is on display ... Science and Medicine of the 1790s

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Dakota Skinner

6 September, 12:15

The patient is to be placed in a large empty tub, and two buckets full of water, of the temperature 75 or 80 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer ... are to be thrown on him." - Dr. Adam Kuhn, Philadelphia, 1793. De Quincey's knowledge is on display ... Science and Medicine of the 1790s

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The patient is to be placed in a large empty tub, and two buckets full of water, of the temperature 75 or 80 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer ... are to be thrown on him." - Dr. Adam Kuhn, Philadelphia, 1793. De Quincey's knowledge is on display ... Science and Medicine of the 1790s

Correct. This is a very good method to bring down body temperature in fever without inducing shock into a patient.

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The extract is a very good technique to reduce a person's temperature with care, avoiding bringing the subject to a state of shock. As using lower temperature waters will provoke the patient a shock and might be riskier because it could trigger hypothermia and that is a very dangerous state that if not attended correctly can kill the patient.