_August_ 6th. Mr. M---- of C----, AEt. 44. Ascites and anasarca,
preceded by symptoms of the epileptic kind. He was ordered to take two
grains of pulv. Digitalis every morning, and three every night;
likewise a saline draught with syrup of squills, every day at noon.
His complaints soon yielded to this treatment, but in the month of
November following he relapsed, and again asked my advice. The
Digitalis alone was now prescribed, which proved as efficacious as in
the first trial. He then took bitters twice a day, and vitriolic acid
night and morning, and now enjoys good health.
Before the Digitalis was prescribed, he had taken jallap purges,
soluble tartar, salt of steel, vitriol of copper, &c.