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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    'Slh.—]0, a.m. Improving. Bowels not open. Ordered—01. Riciui, Jss. statim sumend. d^, p.m. Still better. Bowels have been relieved copiously three or four times. Expresses herself much better than she has been for some time. Pulse full. Tongue rather dry. Wishes for sago and wine. Ordered—Sago and wine. dth.—10, a.m. Improving. \Oth.—10, a.m. Convalescent. Ordered her some mutton, &c. \2>th.—Bowels not open. Great debility. Tongue white and furry. Ordered—01. Ricinas Jss. statim sumend. 1^. Inf. Gent. 5viiss. Tiuct. Gent. comp. 3 ij. Tinct. Card. comp. 3ij. fiat Mist, cocli. ij ter die. I4,th.—Feels much better this morning, the bowels have acted freely. \btJt.—Gaining strength. The bowels not open since the day before yesterday. Ordered—Haust. aperiens statim. IQth.—Much better. Leaves the hospital to-day. 15.—Louis Jacomo, eetat. 39 years. Was attacked with vomiting and purging on the 21st August, 1832. He was admitted into the Cholera Hospital at 7, a.m. 7, a.m. Has had constant purging and vomiting during the night. Features shrunk. Eyes sunken. The ex- tremities cold. Skin of the fingers corrugated. Pulse imperceptible at the wrist. Cramps in the abdomen and