_September_ 25th. Mr. R----, AEt. 60. Complained to me of a sickness
after eating, and for some weeks past he had thrown up all his food,
soon after he had swallowed it. He had taken various medicines, but
found benefit from none, and had tried various kinds of diet. He was
now very thin and weak; but had a good appetite. As several very
probable methods had been prescribed, and as the usual symptoms of
organic disease were absent, I determined to give him a spoonful of
the Infusion of Digitalis twice a day; made by digesting two drams of
the dried leaves in half a pint of cinnamon water. From the time he
began to take this medicine he suffered no return of his complaint,
and soon recovered his flesh and his strength.
It should be observed, that I had frequently seen the Digitalis remove
sickness, though prescribed for very different complaints.