_June_ 20th. Mrs. H----, AEt. 46. A very fat, short woman; had suffered
severely through the last winter and spring from what had been called
asthma; but for some time past an universal anasarca prevailed, and
she had not lain down for several weeks. After trying vitriolic acid,
tincture of cantharides, squills, &c. without advantage, she took half
a pint of Infus. Digitalis in three days. In a week afterwards the
dropsical symptoms disappeared, her breath became easy, her appetite
returned, and she recovered perfect health. The infusion neither
occasioned sickness nor purging.