Sketches of the most prevalent diseases of India ; comprising a treatise on the epidemic cholera of the East; statistical and topographical reports of the diseases in the different divisions of the army under the Madras presidency; embracing also the annual rate of mortality, &c. Practical observations on the effects of calomel on the alimentary canal and on the diseases most prevalent in India. Also an inquiry into chronic inflammations and abscess of the liver. / By James Annesley.

  • Annesley, James, Sir, 1774-1847.
Date:
1831
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Credit: Sketches of the most prevalent diseases of India ; comprising a treatise on the epidemic cholera of the East; statistical and topographical reports of the diseases in the different divisions of the army under the Madras presidency; embracing also the annual rate of mortality, &c. Practical observations on the effects of calomel on the alimentary canal and on the diseases most prevalent in India. Also an inquiry into chronic inflammations and abscess of the liver. / By James Annesley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    extremities. Has passed no urine since the accession of the disease. V. S. ad Jxxx. R Hydrarg. Submur. gr. xx. Opii puri gr. ij. statim. R Mist. Camph. 5]. Drog. Amari |ss. Ft. haust. Enema purgans. Empl. lyttse sterno et abdomini. Eight o’clock.—The cramps in the lower extremities returned ; skin cold ; tongue as before. The restlessness continues j eyes sunk; pulse very small, but frequent; thirst very urgent; the deafness and pain of head no better. His fingers cramped; no urine passed; one stool from the enema, of a light colour, and viscid-like mucus. Nine o’clock.— No alteration. Ten o’clock.—The same. Eleven o’clock. — As before. No cramps since last report ; skin of a more natural temperament; tongue excited, but moist; pulse small, 80; eyes less sunk; the restlessness not so great; thirst urgent; the. deaf- ness and pain of he^d much relieved ; had one motion similar to the former, and has passed a little urine. A little hot brandy and water occasionally. Sept, ^th, seven, a. m.— Feels better this morning; has only had one stool since last report, watery, with portions of yellow viscid matter floating in it, and has vomited two or three times, and thrown up a dark green fluid, similar to the green watery stools sometimes passed from