Volume 1

A supplement to Observations on the internal use of the nightshade / [Thomas Gataker].

  • Gataker, Thomas, -1769
Date:
1757
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A supplement to Observations on the internal use of the nightshade / [Thomas Gataker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ » ] great part of the Leg; though in a few Days this Medicine removed the Pain in her Head and Limbs, which was fo ex- eeffive as almoft totally to deprive her of Reft for fix Weeks together; though it re- ftored the Woman to the Ufe of her Limbs after fhe had been bedrid many Months, and notwithftanding fhe has been quite free from Pain, and has enjoyed her Strength and Spirits ever fince ; yet it now appears, that, when the Ulcer was juft healed and a perfect Cure expedted, the Sore remains unclofed. It is probable likewife that it will always continue in this State, ferving as an IfiTue which Nature has formed on the Part, and as a necefiary Drain for the Difcharge of fome conftituticnal Humour which has nov/ affedted her Leg near three Years. Thus likewife the young Woman men¬ tioned as the fifth Cafe (Page 19.) though {he continued till lately free from the Com¬ plaints which (lie had in the Hofpital, ex¬ cept that fhe has been fometimes fubjedt to flight Heats in her Skin, has now a Sore B 2 broke