REPORT OF DISEASES, 



In the public aiid private Fra&ice of one of the Fkyfcians of the Fht/hury Dlfpenfaryi 

 Frsm the <20tb of Auguft to the 20th of September. 



j^POPLEXIA I aftrr (he paroxyfiTi has fuhfided, bleeding 



Dvfpeplia u is liad rtcciiife to, from a vague and em- 



Hypochondriafis 9 piricalnoikn of its ir.dilcriaiinate utiiity 



Anafarca 5 in this difeafe. 



Svfnnl.rr V ^ ^" '^ "''^ however, be mifunderftood 



Phthifis pulmonalis lo ^^ 'he Reporter s opinion that there are 



Catarrhus ic "ot many safes ol thu difeafe which do, 



Cyna.che '."..'. 9 ''"* "'"'"cly that tiiere are many which do 



Morbi intantiics 2i «5^ require and aciniit the remedy of ve- 



Moioicutanei 8 Delection — a remedy the immediate ap- 



Diarrha-i i-t Cholera 13 piicaticn of which is often elTential to the 



Mtnorrhiijia 5 falvation of the patient. 



Atnenorrhcea et Ciilorofis J2 The former cafes are, for the moft 



^P'l'^P'i* r part, charafteiized bv a high degree of 



■'^'^'^^"'^ ^'' excitement, srifing from the op.-ratioa 



A few days fince tlie Reporter WS3 csil- of violent ftimuli, phylical or mental, 

 ed to a paiient that had been feized with before their fecorl ! efl'ecl of inuirecl de- 

 an attack of apoplexy. Unfortunately, bility has had time to take place ; fuch 

 before liis arrival, ihe patie .t had been as wh^t originates from any agony cr ex- 

 bled. The difeafe was occifioned by an tacy, more efpecially from 3n impetus of 

 extraordinary de?iee cf brdily exertion, angc, which, in a coniiitutidn prediH 

 which was followed almoft inimc::IIately pofed, is more apt than any otiier to pre- 

 by an exctflive and unfcafur.able c-xercife cipitate an attack of apoplexy. 

 ot the mind. From the caule tnat pro- A perion, therefore, inclined to thii 

 duced it, independently ci me fymptoms difeafe fhould be particularly alfiduous in 

 that it exiiibited, the ftite of ttie perfon ftudyiiig the fcience of I'elf.government ; 

 a(Hi£led was evidently that ot extreme de- and thofe who are connefVe^ with him 

 bility and exhauliion. ouoht ^o be anxlouHy afraid of giving rile 



Tiiere are few inftances, one fhould to any unneceffary caufe of ■retfulnefs or 

 Imaging, in which a perfoH whofe under- irritation. -f 



Ilanding hss not been dcbinchetl by fu- Tlic mode of dreA isnot fufficirntly at- 

 perannuated prrjudice, or praflicc bein tended to by perfons liable to the complaint 

 enflaved by the trammels ot a profefl10n.1l of which we have been treating. All tight 

 and hereditary routine,, would ti.ink of ligatures, more efpcciaily any about the 

 K-moving debility by a'ftr -.'"tirg blood, neck, flioiild be fearfully avoided. Diefs, 



or of reitoiing an enfeebled and txhauft- 



ed f^me, by evacuating a:y part_ of ,„,d^ j^ough her pulfe and breathing were 

 that fluid which conduces moft tfl^ntialiy ^^f^^^,, ,, bout half after ten rtie began to 

 and immediately to its vigour and lup- breathe hard, and with a fnoiting noife. Be- 

 PO""^' fides taking medicines, (he was now blooded 



The fatal refult of apoplexy, perhaps again, and a third time in the af.ernoon, and 

 tco frequently arifes from the manner in died at ten o'clock, eighteen hours after her 

 which it is treated.* Sometimes, even firft feizure." This is a fair inftan.ce of mere 



■ nervous debility, ar.d deficient excitement, 



• An example from Dr Whytr might heiog converted, by mean? emjiloyed for its 

 have been introduced in the text, as illuf- removal, into a cafe of genuine and fatal 

 tratingthe danger attendant upon hlood-let- apoplexy. 



ting, in every cafe of real or imaginary apo- "f A pampered and podagric Nabob, in one 

 plexy. of the modern comedies, upon fome provok- 



" A delicate or nervous girl having chilled 'ng oppofition, exclaims, <' the Doftors order 

 herftlf at tiie return of a critical period, was I (hould never be contradiiSed !" Ludicrous 

 next morning, at four o'clock, feized with as this peevifh excl.imJtion may appear in the 

 ftupor, and difficulty of fpeakiiig or moving. p'ay> luoh advice might be ferioully and ju- 

 She was fcon attcr blooied and bliftered. At dicioully given to the friends or attendants of 

 eght o'clock flie could neither foeak nor a gouty, or what is nearly akin, an apoplec- 

 f;-/dllow, had a hiccup, and was pale and ticpatieiic. 



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