A narrative of the last illness of ... the Earl of Orford : from May 1744, to the day of his decease, March the eighteenth following / by John Ranby.

  • John Ranby
Date:
1745
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Credit: A narrative of the last illness of ... the Earl of Orford : from May 1744, to the day of his decease, March the eighteenth following / by John Ranby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    him. The Difcharges from the Bladder were often attended with fo great an Effufion of Blood, that they could not with any Juft ice lay Claim to the Name of Urine. The irkfom Senfation at the End of the Penis was now more frequent, with an additional Pain in going to Stool. The Defcription he gave of his laft Day’s Travel, though of but twen¬ ty Miles, was enough to fill one’s Mind with Blorror : being obliged to alight from his Chariot at leaft twenty times, and every time lub- jected to a Difcharge of almoft pure Blood, with moft exceflive Pain. Arrived in Town, and being at reft a Day or two, the Bleeding left him, but not the uneafy Senla,tion at the Extremity of the Penis. Sir C Edward