A supplemental chapter to the first edition of the work on dropsy, by Dr. Ayre : and consisting of cases illustrative of the plan of treatment recommended in that work.

  • Joseph Ayre
Date:
[1829]
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Credit: A supplemental chapter to the first edition of the work on dropsy, by Dr. Ayre : and consisting of cases illustrative of the plan of treatment recommended in that work. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    farther relief, and the quantity of the urine was somewhat increased. In the course of the succeeding week, our patient was again cupped to the extent of eight ounces ; the drastic purgative was repeated twice, and the other means con- tinued—occasioning the urine to become increased in quantity, and the breathing so improved that the patient was enabled to lie in a somewhat recumbent posture. During the following week another cup- ping was employed, and occasionally a drastic purgative was given, and the same treatment, under a slight variation, conti- nued. The m'ine became abundant, the breathing more free, and the body much lessened, and the fluctuation no longer perceivable. In the next ten days there was again a cupping of eight ounces, and a purgative dose of the supertartrite of potash given each morning. Notwith- standing these evacuations, the patient's strength had not declined, and he had in all other respects greatly improved. In
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