_October_ 30th. Mr. G----, of W----, AEt. 88. The gentleman mentioned
in No. XLVII. His complaints and manner of living the same as there
mentioned. I ordered an Infusion of the Digitalis, a dram and half to
half a pint; one ounce to be taken twice a day; which cured him in a
short time.
On _March_ the 23d, 1784, he sent for me again. His complaints were
the same, but he was much more feeble. On this account I directed a
dram of the Fol. Digitalis to be infused for a night in four ounces of
spirituous cinnamon water, a spoonful to be taken every night. This
had not a sufficient effect; therefore, on the 22d of _April_, I
ordered the infusion prescribed two years before, which soon removed
his complaints.
He died soon afterwards, fairly worn out, in his ninetieth year.