[ Cure for a Swelling ] Jonathan Odell
Date: The beginning of the narrative suggests the events described happened in November 1763. | 1763/11/01 to 1763/11/30
Source:
Jonathan Odell Notebook
Institution: New Brunswick Museum Archives and Research Library
| Source Origin: Odell Family Fonds
| Sublocation: Notebook containing poems by other writers, various recipes and remedies
| Reference: S29B - F28 (1)
This is more of a case study than a recipe, but it provides a method for curing a swelling in the head. It is on page 9-10 of the notebook. Image courtesy of New Brunswick Museum Archives and Research Library.
Novem[ber]. 1763. At Mobille, in
Louisiana, Jnt Walker, Soldier
in the 22d Regt from a cold caught
by lying exposed to the weather the
night after landing, had the whole
face jaw & throat of the left side
swelled to a great degree, attended wth
some fever and a difficulty of breathing.
The swelling was highest & hardest
in the parotid gland. He was blooded
freely, gently purged, and a large
Poultice put to the swelling. The 5th
day his difficulty of breathing being
rather increased, and his left eye
quite closed, a large Blister was
applied to the back of his neck -- The
next morning the tumor broke and
discharged plentifully. The 7th day
a part of the gland appeared to have
cast off and came away with the
dressings. The swelling & other symp=
=toms in two days were quite gone, &
the sore soon healed, all to a small
opening, through which, for about
ten days, a great quantity of clear
Saliva continued to ooze out upon
the lower part of the cheek; a plain
proof that the duct of the parotid
gland was injured. yet he was
intirely cured in a short time by
the use of only dry lint compressing
the part and often changed as it
grew wet--
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