26 = # S..E 3S, 1779s 
He had taken various inédicenaite and been bli- 
tered, but without relief. His complaints continu- 
ing to increafe, I dire&ted an infufion of Digitalis, 
which made him very fick; acted powerfully as a | 
diuretic, and removed all his fymptoms. . 
About three months afterwards he was out upon 
a journey, and, after taking cold, was fuddenly - 
feized with difficulty of breathing, and violent pal- 
pitation of. his. heart: -he fent for me, and I ordered 3 
the infufion as before, which very foon removed 
his complaints. He is now active and well ;. but, ES 
whenever he takes cold, finds fome return of difficult. ee 
breathing, which he foon removes by a dofe or two 
of the oS 
G A S -E. — XXT, 4 
"January 5th. Mrs. M——, ‘Et. 69. “Hiyditho- 
Tax, (called atime) afcites. and anafarca. I di 
= ft it néceflary to order cordial, ee 
es and. a large blifter to her back. Mr. Ward, who 
. attended as her apothecary, tells me fhe had fome 
return of her afthma in June and Odober following, 
which was each time removed by the re ak eos 
