A short account of some of the principal hospitals of France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands : with remarks upon the climate and diseases of those countries / by H. W. Carter.

  • Carter, H. W. (Harry William), 1787-1863.
Date:
1819
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Credit: A short account of some of the principal hospitals of France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands : with remarks upon the climate and diseases of those countries / by H. W. Carter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14th.—The blisters appear to have done good: they are kept open. Respiration more free. Countenance much improved. 20th.—She is able to lie down in bed without any difficulty. This woman remained in the hospital till the 10th of March, taking no medicines. She was then discharged, much relieved, though she had still some difficulty of breathing, and oppression at the pit of the stomach, which was increased by exertion *. * It may not bti uninteresting to compare the above case with one which occurred several years ago at St. Bartho- lomew's Hospital. A woman aged 21 years, was admitted March 22d, ]810. She stated that she had been ill about three weeks. Her complaints were of great difficulty of respiration, violent palpitation of the heart, inability to lie down in bed. She had cough with abundant expecto- ration, her countenance was livid, her eyes watery and dim ; her abdomen and legs were swelled ; she passed little urine; her bowels were confined; her pulse was frequeut and feeble, but neither irregular nor intermitting. She had taken some medicines, of the nature of which she was ignorant, and had had a blister applied to the scrobiculus cordis, but neither the medicines nor the blister had been of any service. Jjl infusi cascarillaj f Jij. Trse. digital. (