An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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CURRIE, James

1 entries
  • 1988

Medical reports, on the effects of water, cold and warm, as a remedy in fever and febrile diseases.

Liverpool: Cadell & Davies, 1797.

Currie was among the first in Britain to use cold water packs in the treatment of fever. He made some original observations on the clinical use of the thermometer. It was Currie who first edited Robert Burns’s Collected Works.



Subjects: INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Medical Instruments › Thermometer, THERAPEUTICS › Balneotherapy