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An eighteenth-century case history: Carlisle Spedding 1738. 1982

J V Beckett

Carlisle Spedding was principal colliery steward to the Lowther family from about 1730 until his death in 1755. He was responsible for their mining interests, centred on Whitehaven in West Cumberland. His work frequently took him underground, where he was exposed to the inflammable gases found in mines. Ventilation methods were still primitive, and as a result of his exposure Spedding was frequently ill. A case history of his indisposition in 1738 has survived. This was the work of the Leyden-trained chemist and physician, Dr. William Brownrigg, and it reveals some of the symptoms encountered and remedies proposed for one particularly severe bout of illness.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D003032 Coal Mining The practice of extracting COAL from the earth. Mining, Coal
D004739 England A part of Great Britain within the United Kingdom.
D005739 Gas Poisoning Poisoning that results from exposure to gases such as CARBON MONOXIDE; NOBLE GASES; OXYGEN; or NATURAL GAS. Poisoning, Gas,Gas Poisonings,Poisonings, Gas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D049671 History, 18th Century Time period from 1701 through 1800 of the common era. 18th Century History,18th Cent. History (Medicine),18th Cent. History of Medicine,18th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 18th Century,History of Medicine, 18th Cent.,History, Eighteenth Century,Medical History, 18th Cent.,Medicine, 18th Cent.,18th Century Histories,Cent. History, 18th (Medicine),Cent. Medicine, 18th,Century Histories, 18th,Century Histories, Eighteenth,Century History, 18th,Century History, Eighteenth,Eighteenth Century Histories,Eighteenth Century History,Histories, 18th Century,Histories, Eighteenth Century,History, 18th Cent. (Medicine)

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