Letters concerning the internal dropsy of the brain : to Charles William Quin, M.D. ... from William Patterson, M.D. ...

Date:
1794
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    [ 7° ] i8th—Her head was thought to be fo bad, ac- companied with ftomach ficknefs, that they gave her a fecond emetick, which produced much phlegm and bile, and feemed to procure relief; but on waking next morning, fhe complained equally of headach. After returning from the bath, fhe was as ill as ever, begged for more Tartarifed Antimo- ny, and went to bed early in the evening very fe- verifh. About nine the fame evening, three grains of James’s Powder were adminiftered ; after which | fhe had a tolerable night; but foon after waking in > the morning, fhe was as ill with her head, as fhe j had previoufly been-—the James’s Powder had no vi-, ■ fible effect, ! I I 2oth—At eight in the morning fhe got four grains | of the Fever-Powder, which proved emetick—flept j; a good deal in the courfe of the day, yet complained ] much of her head—at five in the evening and at ten j the Powder repeated—had a gentle perfpiration for ; fome hours ; yet the headach, quicknefs of pulfe, and heat remain undiminifhed — her heart too beats ; with remarkable rapidity; and fhe is very much | flufhed. ' 21 ft—bias had very little fleep — very hot—pulfe i quick, but not fo ftrong as yefterday—fighs frequent- ■ ly—Rhubarb and Magnefia given without producing any effefl:—nor was an emollient Injeflion more fuc- cefsful. r' (, In h