_March_ 11th. Mrs. H----, AEt. 32. A few days after a tedious labour,
had her legs and thighs swelled to a very great degree; pale and
semi-transparent,[5] with pain in both groins. After a purge of
calomel and rhubarb, ung. merc. was ordered to be rubbed upon the
groins, and the following decoction was directed:
R. Fol. Digital. purp. recent. [Symbol: ounce]ii.
Aq. purae. [Symbol: pound]i. coque ad [Symbol: pound]iss et
colatur. adde.
Aq. cinn. sp. [Symbol: ounce]iv. M. capiat. cyath. vinos.
parv. bis quotidie.
The decoction presently increased the secretion of urine, and abated
the distension of the legs: in a fortnight the swelling was gone; but
some days after leaving her bed, her legs swelled again about the
ancles, which was removed by another bottle of the decoction on the
21st of _April_.
[Footnote 5: This disease has lately been well described by
Mr. White, of Manchester.]