HOSPITAL CASES. eet 107 
which ra Helicats is. siento cairetiaes i. 
. ments not having it in his power to. fendethe 
meafure of his belly, having unfortunately 
miflaid the tape: he heard from James —_ 
day, and he is perfectly welbe.---- 
General Bape, ‘Auguft 5, 1784. 
G A S E CLXITIT. 
On the 26th February, 1785, Sarah Ford, aged 
42, was admitted an out-patient of the Birming- 
ham General Hofpital: the complained of esnGde: é 
rable pain in her cheft, and great difficulty of 
breathing, her face was much fiwelled and her © 
thighs and legs were anafarcous. She had extreme 
difficulty in making water, and with many — ainful “ 
efforts fhe did not void more than ee ar 
twenty-four hours. She had been int ua | 
about fix weeks, during which time the | had taken 
ammoniacum, olibanum, and large quantities of 
{quills, without any other effed ele frequent fitke<.-5 
nefs. Upon her commencing an Hofpital patient, _ 
the following medicine was exhibited. R. gum am- — 
moniac sii. pulv. fol. Digital. purp. 91. fp. lavand, : 
comp. ut fiat pil. 40. cap. ii. note maneque. She 
: oe the ufe of thefe = for a few day 
