Concise narrative of an ophthalmia, which prevailed in a detachment of His Majesty's 44th Regt. on their voyage to Calcutta in the summer of 1822 : together with an account of other tropical diseases and their treatment on board the H. C. ship, Warren Hastings / by Richard Jones.

  • Jones, Richard, F.R.C.S.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Concise narrative of an ophthalmia, which prevailed in a detachment of His Majesty's 44th Regt. on their voyage to Calcutta in the summer of 1822 : together with an account of other tropical diseases and their treatment on board the H. C. ship, Warren Hastings / by Richard Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    $8 nesection. When sixteen ounces had been obtained, the pulse rose from 78 to 84, and he felt relieved. The blood was rather of a florid colour, after the first ounce had flowed : j Magnesia; Sulphatis, uuctam dimidiam. Aquae Gallidae, uncias octo. Misce, et bibat statim. , Ten, p. m. He had been comfortable since-inv last visit. There was less pain in the forehead, and the tenderness of the abdomen was now principally con- fined to the umbilicus. He still complained of thirst. Pulveris AntimoniaJis, grana octodecira. Hydrarg. Submuriatis, grana sex. Opii pulvere, granum unum. Conf. Rosa; q. s. fiant pilulse sex, quarum capiat unam tertiis horis. At Two, a. m. I was called to him in conse- quence of his being in violent pain, and suffering- much from the most distressing tenesmus. I imme- diately gave him an ounce of castor oil, on a draught, containing twenty minims of tincture of opium. He was relieved till four, a. m., when I was again sum- moned to him. The pain and tenesmus had returned, and being accompanied with vomiting, I gave him the following draught:— iEtheris Rectificati, minima quadraginta. Tincturse Opii, minima viginti. Aquae fontanae, drachmas decern. Misce fiat haustus. Seven, a. be. He was somewhat easier; but complained of headache and tenderness about the umbilicus. Ten, a. m. The tenesmus was now very urgent, and there was general pain in the bowels accompanied
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