40 GcA S&S: Es & 2788: 
lie down. After a trial of fquill, fixed alkaly, and 4 
dulcified fpirit of nitre, I directed Puiv. Digital. — 
gr. 2, thrice a day. In four days he was able to ~ 
come down ftairs; in three days more no appearance _ 
of difeafe remained ; and under the ufe of aromatics 
and {mall dofes of opium, he foon recovered his 
ftrength. eo 
oC Soe 
Fuly 7th. Milfs H— of T— 
the laft fi of a phthifis Glegerttis became dropfi- 
cal. She took the Digitalis without being relieved. 
Goa 8-8. &Lirr. 
“uly gth. Mrs. F , Et. 70. A chear- 
ful, ftrong, healthy woman; but for a few years — 
- back had experienced a degree of difficult breathing _ 
when in exercife. In the courfe of the laft year her 
ee & {welled, and fhe felt sate fulnefs saat her - 
a very | sts Spoons to solve her. The — 
more regular p er failing 
to a quack, who I believe nied. her very powerfully — 
with Daphne laurec 
kind. I found her greatly reduced in ftrength, her 
_ belly and lower extremities fwollen to an amazing — 
~ fize, her urine fmall in quantity, and her appetite. | 
y impaired. For the firit fortnight of my 2t- 
e blifters were applied, folution of fixed 
scodtion of feneka with vitriolic se i 
, fhe had recourfe — 
1, or fome draftic purge of that 
