_June_ 13th. Mr. C----, AEt. 45. A fat man, had formerly drank hard,
but not latterly: last March began to complain of difficult breathing,
swelled legs, full belly, but without fluctuation, great thirst, no
appetite; urine thick and foul; complection brownish yellow. Mercurial
medicines, diuretics of different kinds, and bitters, had been trying
for the last three months, but with little advantage. I directed two
grains of the fol. Digital. in powder to be taken every night, and
infus. amar. with tinct. sacr. twice a day. In three days the quantity
of his urine increased, in ten or twelve days all his symptoms
disappeared, and he has had no relapse.