A practical essay on the history and treatment of beriberi / By John Grant Malcolmson.
- Malcolmson, John Grant, -1844.
- Date:
- 1835
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical essay on the history and treatment of beriberi / By John Grant Malcolmson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.
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![Apperidlw «fid ten onnces. Feels better and puffiness of face has disappeared. Cont. 14th. Uriutt 2]ii, red and acid, bowels loose yesterday and swelling in the legs rather larger since yesterday, ascribed to the rains. Tongue pietty clean. Gums felt a little tender yesterday. Omitt. pilal. Cont. alia, l.'jth. Pnr<5ed since the rains, stooU good, urine 2Tb 10 oz. Cont. 18th. Puffiness in limbs and dropsical effusion in gen^^ral over the body, bowels moved four times, has void- ed urine of straw colour. Cont. 25th. Legs perhaps less swollen, aims much more so and the thighs are cedematous, face puflfy, slept well. Pulse 80, small, bowels open, urine from 2fb 12 ox. to lib 10 oz., tongue pretty clean, gums- spongy and white, no numbness or indeed any uneasy sensation unless from bttlk of Umbg. 01. nigri gtt. viij ter die. Half diet. 26th. Ciw one moasure in- stead of the wine. 28th. The urine.is now 2Jb 3 oz., anmioniacal with a hea- Ty white deposit. Feels easy. Face puffy, rested rather badly. Cont. medi- cament. 31st. Urine 2ib 12 oz. not coagulable,clear and reddish, no change for the better, breathing oppressed in the recumbent posture and on the slightest exertion, tightness round the whole thorax. Pulse 80, feeble ; scrotuni less swollen, abdomen inore so, tongue rather white. Omitt. medicament. Augt. 1st. Same. Urine 2lfj, pal^ and ammoniacal, some short cough, loins oedema- tons with some aching numbness ascribed to lying in bed, and says it goes off when he is able to move about. V. S. ad gviij. 2nd. hlept, but badly in the night, breathing improved, urine as before and pretty copious, '^ays he is much the same, bowels open. Blood buffy in patches. Urine not coagulable although clear. 3rd. Slept better last nig-lit than usual, bowels lax, mine as before, se- diment white. 4th. Breathing easier, urine only one pound since last report. Pulse 88 and rather oppressed, tongue white but clean, o^dcrna the same. Kept. V. S. ad g xvj. liabeat tinct, digital, min. xxv quater die. Habeat omni nocte pilul. ex calomel, gr, ij, pulv. scilljE gr. iij. 5lh. Blood bulTy, srme relief to breathing but there is still tightness across the chest and respiration is hurried. Bad rest in consequence of being purged, gums white and swollen. Pulse 92, small and rather sharp but easily compressed. Cont. medicament. Spoon diet. Rice pudding, 6th. Urine scanty, ammoniacal with sediment, obliged to sit up in bed, little cough, geneial unea.*iness ascribed to want of sleep, pulse 100, small, Cont. pilul. ter die, et tinct. digital, quater. Cream of tartar gss in the day. 8th. Two pounds of uvine made, feels better,slept to- wards morning. Five stools of dirty greenish brown slimy feces with w hitish mucus and a littlejelly like secretion; face less puffy. Cont. medicament. 9th. Improves a little, but if he lies either on right side or back the breathing is disturbed and if he is asleep he is awoke. Cont. omnia, llth. Urine 1 ib 8 oz. high coloured and clear, was ammoniacal with deposit yesterday, slept pretty w(b11, breathing freer, much swelling of abdomen. Pulse 72, soft, Cont. medi- cament. 12th. Felt sick and low yesterday and digitalis was omitted, mine high coloured, stools rather pale and slimy, slight griping. Pulse 84, vej y small mnd easily compressed. Omitt. digital. Cont, alia, I5th. A good deal purged for several days and a quantity of clear mucus is mixed with the stools, which are thin and greyish yellow, little griping, no straining. Had oil on the 13th. Pulse 80, g>ims a little tender and white, tongue pale red with thin white fui-, foul taste. Omitt. pilul. Ol. ricini gss. Rept. tinct, digital, min. xxv ter die. 16th. Stools from oil pale and feculent, 3 in the night of white mucus passed easily, urine yesterday ammoniacal with deposit, in the night clear and red and without smell, respiration more full. Pulse 88, small and oppressed. Cont. tinct. K: Pulv. Doveri gr. vj, pulv. scillae gr. ij. Fiat pulv. bis die sumend. 17th. Vesp. Many stools of grey thin feces mixed with mucus passed easily. Com- plains much of weakness. Pulse small. Omitt. nied. R Calomel, gr. x, pulv. Doveri gr. xij. Fiat. pulv. h. s. s. 18th. Five pale feculent stools in the night which he passed pretty easily, says he has not been quite well since leaving Masulipatam from liver and pains. Had rheumatism with swelling of joints and shins for which he was salivated, never had venereal disease before that. Had bubo long after to which liver succeeded. Soreness of lower part of abdomen. Rept. calomel, et pulv. Doveri bis die. Infric.hypochond. dextro unguent, hy- drarg. camphor* <5ss ter die. 19th. Vesp. Asleep at morning's visit but rested ill, many whitish stools in the night, six to-day of yellow feces with a little mucus, face Biore puffy, nausea from powder, and brought up that taken to day with](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21364503_0367.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
