_September_ 25th. Mr. O----, of M----, AEt. 63. Very painful and
general swellings in all his limbs, which had confined him mostly to
his bed since the preceding winter; the swellings were uniform, tense,
and resisting, but the skin not discoloured. After trying guiacum and
Dover's powder without advantage. I directed Infusion of Digitalis. It
acted on the kidneys, but did net relieve him. It is not easy to say
what the disease was, and the patient living at a distance, I never
learnt the future progress or termination of it.