Clinical experiments, histories, and dissections / by Francis Home, M.D.

  • Francis Home
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1780
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Credit: Clinical experiments, histories, and dissections / by Francis Home, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Exper.II. Dec. 29. 1774. David Brown, 20, was in the feventh day of the fever, in which he had headach, flight cough, a pain under the xiphoid cartilage. Urine high coloured, with a thick cloud, and paf- fedwith difficulty. Gentle delirium during two hours of the preceding evening. P. 120, and weak. Cap. mixt. Cort. Per. unc. i. 5ta quaq. hor. which dofe contained drach. i. of bark triturated with water. On the 8th, p. ! 02, in the morning ; p. 110, in the e- vening. On the 9th, p. 108, and moifture on his arms. Lay in a cOmatofe ftate, and had a gentle delirium each night fince he began the bark. 10th, p. 94, and a general moifture. nth, p. 87, and much fweat, which fmelled ftrong. Notwithftand- ing the coma and delirium, which were common fymptoms, at this time, I incline to think that the bark had good effects, as the fkin was moift after it. For, when it does hurt, the fkin becomes dry, and the brea- thing worfe. But, that it carried off the fever, I cannot affert. Exper. III. December 5th, Sufannah Wharton, 2 I, affected with typhus for feveil days. Took for fome time a folution of tart. emet. On ] 3th day of the fever, with
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