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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    Passed two bilious motions yesterday. Pulse weak. Skin somewhat cold. Great disposition to sleep. ^_. Hjdrargyri Sub. Quin. Sulp. a gr. j : fiat pilula ter die sumenda. 20th.—10, a.m. Has passed a good night. Free from pain. Pulse soft and somewhat full. Tongue rather dry. Bowels have acted. Motion well tinged with bile. 2lst.—10, a.m. Passed a restless night. In other respects much the same. 2, p.m. A quantity of feculent matter tinged with bile passes involuntarily. ]^. Cupri Sulphatis, gr. I. Pulveris Opii, gr. J. Camphorse, gr. ij. fiat pilula, quarta quaque bora sumenda. 22nd.—Little improvement. Pergat in usu pilularum. 2^rd. — The colliquative diarrhoea much decreased. From this time she has continued steadily but slowly to improve*. 18.—John Poole, setat. 50 years, was attacked with purging and cramp on the evening of the 16th August, 1832. He was admitted into the Cholera Hospital at 6 p.m. 6, p.m. Emaciated appearance; purging of rice-water appearance. Cramps in the legs. Pulse weak. Skin not cold. * This patieut drank water freely whenever she was convinced that it contained no medicine.