A practical treatise on the therapeutic uses of terebinthine medicines : with observations on tubercular consumption, gout, mineral waters, etc. / by Thomas Smith.

Date:: 1850

Credit: A practical treatise on the therapeutic uses of terebinthine medicines : with observations on tubercular consumption, gout, mineral waters, etc. / by Thomas Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

51/128 page 39

$thinee 51]. M. 1^ Extract! colocynth. comp. gr. vj ; morphite acet. gr. ss; pilula) hydrarg. gr. iij. Fiant pilulte ij. To be taken at bed time. The following day this patient passed several portions of tape-worm. She recovered, and by perseverance in the following mixtures for some time, together with a temporary residence at the sea side, she ultimately regained her former health, and the last account I had was highly favour able ; she has had no appearance of tape-worm since, p. Mist, ferri comp. gvijss ; olei Terebinthina) 5ij; tincturse camphora) comp. 5ij. M. Two tablespoonfuls twice a day. CASE XV. A. 0., washerwoman, complained of severe cough, with mucous expectoration, which, a few days previously, had been mixed with blood; there was great pain in the left side, with inability to lie on it; pulse 100, sharp and thrilling; respiration 28, short; bowels regular ; catamenia regular ; urine scanty, high coloured ; tongue pale and dry ; there was feverishness and restlessness. Both infra-cla\'icular regions were slightly depressed ; in the upper third of the left lung the expiratory murmur was harsh and prolonged, with small crepitating rale ; there was also slight dulness on percussion, anteriorly and pos- teriorly. On the right side, there was increased expiratory murmur, and clear percussion-sound. There was also bronchophony. The action of the heart was more distinct than natural under the right clavicle; pos- teriorly it was diffused. She was ordered to take the following pills at bed-time. R, Calomelanos gr. iij ; extr. colocynth. comp. gr.vj. M. R. Potassse nitrat. ^ss.; tincturte digitalis ; syrupi scillae ^iv ; aquae ad ^viij. M. A fourth part every four hours.$