Reports of the practice in the clinical wards of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, during the months of November and December 1817, and January 1818, and May, June, and July 1818 / by Andrew Duncan.

Date:
1818
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Credit: Reports of the practice in the clinical wards of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, during the months of November and December 1817, and January 1818, and May, June, and July 1818 / by Andrew Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SO, of natural strength; tongue whitish; bowels regular; caiamenia regular; appetite good : little thirst. She states that nine months ago she took about two ounces of nitre, given to her by mistake for Glauber s salt, which, in about ten minutes after they were swal- lowed, caused a great swelling of the abdomen, with severe burning pain at the epigastrium, vertigo, and pain of head, with pains all over the body ; fifteen minutes after- wards, she had severe nausea, and vomiting of a copious bloody fluid, which, in passing through the fauces, caused considerable pain and excoriation. Next day she had se- vere pain all over the abdomen and thorax, which could not bear the slightest pressure; loss of appetite, languor, and general debility. The soreness of the throat continued for nearly a month afterwards, and it has ever since been very tender. About three months ago she had a slight itchiness at a small point in the middle of the palatum molle, now occupied by a laige irregular hole, which gradually spread backwards, and destroyed the uvula, and the greater part of the velum pa- lati. Has used no other remedies but lime juice and wa- ter, with which she gargles her throat. This woman soon got well by the use of astringent gar- gles. No. xxxir. Case of Change of Colour from Brown to White, in a Native of Bengal. J. W. aet. 56. May 8, 1818.—A native of Bengal, his parents Maho- metans, and both dark ; left India about the age of ten or eleven, and has since resided in Edinburgh, chiefly as a ser- vant, but since the last nine years as a mason's labourer, and pursuing other casual employment. During this period he has gradually lost his native dark colour, and become white, which he attributes partly to the climate, and partly to the action of lime and mortar, in his occupation as a mason, which occasioned much itching of the skill. The change