_November_ 14th. Mr. W----, of T----, AEt. 49. A lusty man, with an
asthma and anasarca. He had taken several medicines by the direction
of a very judicious apothecary, but not getting relief as he had been
accustomed to do in former years, he came under my direction. For the
space of a month I tried to relieve him by fixed alkaly, seneka,
Dover's powder, gum ammoniac, squill, &c. but without effect. I then
directed Infusion of Digitalis, which soon increased the flow of urine
without exciting nausea, and in a few days removed all his
complaints.
1782.