_October_ 19th. Mrs. R----, of B----, AEt. 47. Supposed Asthma, of
eighteen months duration. She had kept her room for four months, and
could not lie down without great disturbance; was very thin, and had
totally lost all inclination for food. She was directed to take two
gr. of pulv. fol. Digital. night and morning for five days, and
infusum amarum, at the hours of eleven and five. In the course of a
week she was much relieved, and could remain in bed all night. After a
few days interval she took the Digitalis for five days more, and was
soon after that well enough to come down stairs and conduct her family
affairs.
In _April_ 1785, she had a slight return, but not such as to confine
her to her chamber. She experienced the same relief from the same
medicine, but continuing it for seven days without interruption, it
excited nausea.