A medical commentary on fixed air ... / [Matthew Dobson].

  • Matthew Dobson
Date:
1779
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Credit: A medical commentary on fixed air ... / [Matthew Dobson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    daring my attendance on the refpedtive patients* Case I. (1) Mary Rainford, about 15 years of age, was admitted into the hofpital on account of convulfions ; (lie was fub~ je£t likewife every three or four weeks to vomit large quantities of blood, and was much enfeebled by thefe complaints at the time of her being feized with the fever. She firft complained of pain and weight in the head, pain in the limbs and back, and a great degree of lam gour and dejedtion; fhe had frequent chills alternating with flufhes of heat, and got very little reft. The tartar eme¬ tic was given, and operated eafily and powerfully by vomit; a blifter was ap¬ plied between the (boulders; and an , ' ounce (l) The three fufofequent Cafes were published m the Appendix to the 2d voh of Dr. Prieftley’s Exper. and Obferv.
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