On the action and use of aconitia / by John Harley.

  • Harley, John, 1833-1921.
Date:
[1872?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the action and use of aconitia / by John Harley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Pulse. Resp. Temp. 9th day, Morn., before the Even., after aconitia ] » j |>84 32 102-8. 10th 11 Morn., before J-68 32 j r loi. Even., after L100-4. 11th 11 Morn., before . 60 28 97. Even., after 19 — — 100-4. 12th 99 Morn., before 11 . 60 28 97. Even., after 11 , 60 24 98-2. 13th 19 Morn., before 11 , 76 24 97. _ Even., after 11 . 66 24 97-6. 14th 19 Morn., before 11 . 72 32 97. Fish. Even., after 91 . 64 24 97. 15th 91 no aconitia • . 64 24 97. Full diet. She left bed on the 24th day, and the hospital on the 27th. Obs. 50.—Bridget O'D—, set. 19, admitted on the 7th day of an attack of typhus. Took of a grain of aconitia once daily from the 9th to the 13th day inclusively. Pulse. Resp. Temp. 8th day, no aconitia . 120 32 104-6°. 9th „ „ Morn. . . 104 32 104. Even. . . 84, weak. 24 104. 10th ,, Morn., before the aconitia . 80 28 102-2. Even;, after „ . 112 32 104. 11th „ Morn., before „ . 116 32 103-4. Pulse of fair strength two hours after the aconitia. Even., after „ . 120 32 102*4. Conjunctiva in* jected. 12th „ Even., after „ . 96 32 103*4. Tongue dry and brown. 13th „ Morn., before „ . 120 32 103. Active congestion of both lungs as high as the scapular spine. Even., after ,> » ^{weakl^ Five hours after the aconitia, on the 13th day, she was in a state of partial collapse. The pulse was 100 and weak, the cardiac action was too feeble to be heard above the crepitant rales in the lungSj and the impulse was scarcely perceptible; vomiting and diarrhoea occurred at intervals during the afternoon and evening, and the skin was cold and clammy. The aconite was