BY BLUE VITRIOL. .\?A 



R Vitriol. Koman. 

 Opii, ana gr. bs. 



Gorticis canellae aromfiticsa ur. j. 

 Mucilaginis Gummi Arabici q. s. f*. |>ilula. 



Ho took this pill morning and evening, and, at the end of 

 a few days, the dose of the blue vitriol was increased to one 

 grain. 



This medicine gave him no disturbance. The quantity of 

 urine was remarkably increased daily. The swelling soon 

 subsided ; his appetite returned ; and in the beginning of 

 May his disorder was quite gone. 



Case II. — A woman, named Penny, aged thirty years, 

 who had in general been healthy, had for some months an ob- 

 struction of the menses, for which she had taken a variety of 

 medicines. 



In May 1785, her abdomen was observed to swell, and as 

 there was an evident fluctuation of water, different diuretics 

 were administered, but without success ; so that Dr Carlyle, 

 who attended her, saw there was a necessity of tapping her, 

 and this was accordingly done in the beginning of June. 



To prevent the return of the dropsy, I recommended the 

 use of the blue vitriol and opium. Dr Carlyle gave her a 

 pill, containing at first, one grain, and afterwards two grains 

 of blue vitriol, with one grain of opium, every night at bed- 

 time. This medicine sat easy on her stomach, and excited 

 no sort of uneasiness in the bowels. The quantity of urine 

 was soon remarkably increased, and she found herself consi- 

 derably mended. 



About the middle of June, there being no appearance of 

 the ascites, Dr Carlyle pronounced his patient out of dan- 

 ger, and the pills were discontinued. The woman recovered 

 her wonted health; the monthly discharge returned, and she 

 has since continued well. 



