_July_ 12th. Mrs. A----, of C----, AEt. 56. After a series of
indispositions for several years, became dropsical; and had long been
confined to her chamber, unable to lie down or to walk. She was so
feeble, her legs so much swelled, her breath so short, and the
symptoms of diseased viscera so strong, that I dared not to entertain
hopes of a cure; but wishing to relieve her more urgent symptoms,
directed quicksilver rubbed down and fol. Digital. pulv. to be made
into pills: the dose, containing two grains of the latter, to be given
night and morning. She was also ordered to take a draught with a dram
of aether twice a day, and to have scapulary issues. Her breath was so
much relieved, that she was able soon afterwards to come down stairs;
but her constitution was too much broken to admit of a recovery.