_March_ 15th. A poor boy, about nine years of age, was brought for my
advice. His countenance was pale, his pulse quick and feeble, his body
greatly emaciated, except his belly, which was very large, and, upon
examination, contained a fluid. The case had been considered as
arising from worms. He was directed to take the decoction of Digitalis
night and morning. It operated as a diuretic, never made him sick, and
he got well without any other medicine.