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.

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    Ordered—R. Hyd. sub. gr. v. Pulv. Opii. gr. ^. Ft. Pil. 4tis horis sumenda. R. Sp. ^tli. Nit. 3 iij- Sodae Carbon. 3 ss. Pot. Nit. 3 ss. Aquse ad Jvi. Cocb. ii. 4tis horis. 27th.~l0, a.m. Has passed a very bad uight. Vomiting not^ at all diminished. Hiccough. No urine. Catheter introduced, and urine drawn off. Omit mixture. R. Sodae Garb. gr. xx. Pot. Nit. gr. V. Sp. ^th. Nit. gr. XXX. Acid. Tart. gr. xx. M. Haust. effervescens omni hora. 10, p.m. Urine drawn off three times a day. Slight delirium. Ordered—Hirud. vj. temper. 28^^.—10, a.m. Delirium increased. Ordered—Emp. Canthar. nucbae. Venaesectio ad 57]. R. Hyd. sub. gr. iv. Ext. Hyos. gr. iv. 4tis horis. 12, a.m. Cannot be induced to take the medicine. Con- siderable disposition to stupor. Venaesectio ad Jviij. 4, p.m. Blood drawn in the morning buffed, though but slowly taken from the arm. 10, p.m. Blood drawn again buffed, and firmly coagulated. 29th.—10, a.m. Has been very delirious during the