_September_ 15th. Mr. J. R----, AEt. 50. Subject to an asthmatical
complaint for more than twenty years, but was this year much worse
than usual, and symptoms of dropsy appeared. In _July_ he took G.
ammon. squill and seneka, with infus. amarum and fossil alkaly. In
_August_, infusum amar. with vin. chalyb. and at bed-time pil. styr.
and squill. His complaints increasing, the squill was pushed as far as
could be borne, but without any good effect. _September_ 15th, an
infusion of Digitalis was directed, but he died the next morning.