_September_ 7th. Mr. L----, AEt. 43. After several severe attacks of
ill formed gout, attended for some time past with jaundice and other
symptoms of diseased viscera, the consequences of intemperate living,
was sent to Buxton; from whence he returned in three weeks with
ascites and anasarca. Under this complicated load of disease, I
prescribed repeatedly without advantage, and at length gave him the
Digitalis, which carried off the more obvious symptoms of dropsy; but
the jaundice, loss of appetite, diseased viscera, &c. rendered his
recovery impossible.
1784.