_April_ 17th. Mr. F----, AEt. 59. A very fat man, and a free liver; had
long been subject to what was called asthma, particularly in the
winter. For some weeks past his legs swelled, he had great sense of
fullness across his stomach; a severe cough; total loss of appetite,
thirst great, urine sparing, his breath so difficult that he had not
lain down in bed for several nights. Calomel, gum ammoniac, tincture
of cantharides, &c. having been given in vain, I ordered two grains of
pulv. fol. Digitalis made into pills, with aromatic species and syrup,
to be given every night. On the third day his urine was less turbid;
on the fourth considerably increased in quantity, and in ten days more
he was free from all complaints, and has since had no relapse.