The nature of cholera investigated : with a supplemental chapter on treatment; addressed to junior practitioners / by John George French.

  • French, John George, 1804-1887.
Date:
1854
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Credit: The nature of cholera investigated : with a supplemental chapter on treatment; addressed to junior practitioners / by John George French. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    have subsided. Appetite has returned. Passed a green- coloured motion in the night. July 24.—]0, a.m. There have been some green biHous motions. Passes urine in small quantities. Tongue is moist. Skin warm. Appetite not quite so good. I^. Hyd. Subm. gr. j. Pulv. Antim. gr. j. m. fiat pulv. ter quotidie sumend. I^. Liq. Ammon. acet. ^ i. Mist. Camphor. J v. m. fiat Mist, cujus capiat cochl. duo 4tis horis. July 25.—Tougue somewhat dry. Motions still green. Urine more plentiful. Appetite not much improved. July 26.—Better in every respect. July 27.—Continues to improve. July 28.—Convalescent. 2.—Sarah Harrison, setat. 7 years, of previous good health, was attacked September 2, 1832, at 8, a.m., with purging and vomiting. Admitted at 2, p.m. Sept. 2.—2, p.m. Surface of trunk and superior extremi- ties warm. Lower extremities cold. Pulse imperceptible at the wrist. Eyes sunk in the orbits. Countenance anxious. Since admission has had no purging, but has vomited con- siderably. The colour of the fluid ejected being at first green, but now white. Great thirst. She asks for cold water. Ordered—Catap. sinap. spinse et scrob. cordis. Hot water bottles to the feet. Cold water ad, libitum. 8, p.m. Pulse distinct at the wrist. The whole surface of the body is warm. Has not been purged. Has drank a great quantity of cold water, part of which has been re- turned by vomiting, but not nearly to the extent taken.