_November_ 18th, 1780. Henry Warren, AEt. 60. This man had a general
anasarca and ascites, and was moreover so asthmatic, that, neither
being able to sit in a chair nor lie in bed, he was obliged constantly
to walk about, or to lean forward against a window or table. You
prescribed for him thus.
R. Aq. cinn. spt. [Symbol: ounce]iv.
Oxymel. scillit.
Syr. scillit. aa. [Symbol: ounce]i. m. cap. cochlear. larg.
sexta quaque hora.
This medicine producing no increased discharge of urine, on the 25th
you ordered the infusion of Digitalis, two spoonfuls every four hours.
After taking this for thirty six hours, his urine was discharged in
very great quantity; his breath became easy, and the swellings
disappeared in a few days, though he took no more of the medicine. On
the 2d of _December_ he was ordered myrrh and lac ammoniacum, which he
continued until the 23d, when he was discharged cured, and is now in
good health.