HYLAND
Above: Treatments for heatstroke
varied widely. Depending on the
doctor's whim, a patient might
have leeches applied to the
back of his neck, be rubbed with
mustard, injected with brandy,
given a terpentine enema--or, less
imaginately, doused with cold water
until his temperature came down.
(New York Public Library Picture
Collection).
Right: The "blowing wheel" was
supposedly reversible, to "suck
out the foul air, or throw in the
fresh, or to do both at once." (The
Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society of London, Vol. VIII). Royal Society of London, Vol. VIII). Royal Society of London, Vol. VIII
