Insanity, its causes, prevention, and cure : including apoplexy, epilepsy, and congestion of the brain / by Joseph Williams, M. D.
- Williams, Joseph, 1814-1882
- Date:
- 1852
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Insanity, its causes, prevention, and cure : including apoplexy, epilepsy, and congestion of the brain / by Joseph Williams, M. D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![In this case the diagnosis was correct; matter was pent up within a bony cavity and pressed upon a nerve, this caused the tetanic spasms, and also set up cerebral irritation and probably inflammation. Had the real cause not been detected, there can be but little doubt that the patient would speedily have died, for it would be impossible for me to describe her agonizing condition previously to the extraction of the tooth. Case.—October 21, 1850. Miss , set. 26, of an iiTitable constitution, nervous, and leucophlegmatic, residing in Square, has been sujSfering in the chest with paljDitation for more than a week; there is great pain in res])ii'ation; some dullness on percussion; pulse 100. Catamaenia now present. She was purged, and took Antimony, Digitahs, and Henbane. The next day, as the respiration was not improved, I ordered her Calomel and Opium every thx-ee hours with each dose of the mixture, and a bhster to the chest. On the faintest ap- pearance of j)tyalism the respii-ation became easier, and the Calomel was witlidrawn. 23rd.—Respiration improved. 24th.—Slight return of pain; take one of the pills twice dming the day. Continue mixtiu'e. Mustard jioultices over the painful parts of chest. 25th.—Respiration appears almost natural to the attendants; much improved on examining with the stethescope. Continue mixture. 27th.—Much better; ordered a gentle diaphoretic mixture, containing PotassaB Nit., Sp. ^Ether. Nit., Tr. Hyoscyami, Liq. Ammon. Acet., Mist. Camph. A dose three times daily. 28th.—Better; gets up ; feels very weak; beef-tea, and con. tinue mixture.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21445357_0296.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
