Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 857.5

JOHN CHANDLER (1700-1780) A treatise of the disease called a cold : shewing its general nature, and causes ; its various species and different events : together with some cautionary rules of conduct, proper to be observed, in order to avoid taking this disease, or to get safely rid of it when taken. Also a short description of the genuine nature and seat of the putrid sore throat. Printed for A. Millar in the Strand, R. & J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and J. Noon, in Cheapside 1761 First edition. [2], 123 p. 21 cm.

As the protracted title of this work indicates, the text will show the “general nature and causes” of the cold, along with “its various species and different events, together with some cautionary rules of conduct, proper to be observed, in order to avoid taking this disease, or to get safely rid of it when taken [and] also a short description of the genuine nature and seat of the Putrid Sore Throat.” By London apothecary John chandler, the book cites “obstructed perspiration” as the cause of colds, and cautions against sudden changes in air temperature. The work was originally a paper delivered to the Royal Society, entitled “Histories of the Epidemic Cold which Happen’d in the Years 1729 and 1732/3, Drawn from Observations Made at these Times in London, and now Digested into Order.”

Cited references: Wellcome II, p. 325

John Martin, M.D. Endowment