Narrative of the efficacy of the Bath waters : in various kinds of paralytic disorders admitted into the Bath Hospital, from the end of 1775, to the end of 1785.

  • General Hospital or Infirmary (Bath, England)
Date:
1787
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Credit: Narrative of the efficacy of the Bath waters : in various kinds of paralytic disorders admitted into the Bath Hospital, from the end of 1775, to the end of 1785. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    [ 9° ] '* r f • ; * ;I )[ -.*(•' i ' CASE LI. ' ‘ ' * 1 * Palsy without any tijfignabie Caufe. MARY BISSAGER, aged 45, of the town of WottQn-Underedge, Gloceiterfhire, was admitted the 18th of Auguft 1782, ill eleven weeks with a paralyfis of the left hand, and weaknefs and atrophy of the left arm. This patient had been admitted into the Bath hofpital the 27th of September 1778, for arheumatifm, which then chiefly affected the fame arm. She was then difcharged much better, December the 30th following, and after her difeharge became perfedUy well. Upon the prefent occaflon her firfl: attack was in the tongue, when flie continued fpeechlefs for the fpace of eight hours. In a few hours aftewards fhe recovered the free ufe of her tongue, when it was difeovered that fhe had loft the ufe of her left arm. After the ufual preparation, the waters were taken internally, and the bath ufed. The bath was afterwards omitted, and the pump ufed to the hand and arm, with flimu- lating
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