An account of the providential preservation of Eliz. Woodcock : who survived a confinement under the snow, of nearly eight days and nights, in the month of February 1799 ... / by Thomas Verney Okes.

  • Okes, Thomas Verney
Date:
[1799?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the providential preservation of Eliz. Woodcock : who survived a confinement under the snow, of nearly eight days and nights, in the month of February 1799 ... / by Thomas Verney Okes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ^ ] Thurfday the 14th.—She was extremely weak and low, and her voice, from hoarfenefs and debi¬ lity, could fcarcely be heard; the fatigue fhe un¬ derwent in feeing company and anfwering the enquiries of thofe perfons whom curiofity had drawn to her houfe, and her being able to take but little nourifhment, made me almoft defpair of her recovery. I perfuaded her to drink fome port wine which Mr. Holme was fo good as to fend her; but the forenefs of her mouth caufed her to take it with great unwillingnefs. The bark happily agreed very well with her, and the opium feemed to produce the belt poffible effedts; I therefore defired that Ihe would take a pill of one grain, at any time when llie was in pain or even reftlefs. Her body being uneafy, I ordered a clyfter of mutton broth to be given, and the feet to be wrapped up in warm cataplafms of hale beer and oatmeal. In the evening, the pain of her body increaf- ing and the firft clyfter not coming away, I di¬ rected a fecond to be adminiftered and a mixture of oil and manna to be taken occalionally.—I ordered alfo the opium to be continued. Friday morning the 15 th.—Being very low and weak fhe could not change her pofture in bed