_November_ 3d, 1781. Mary Crockett, AEt. 40. Ascites and universal
anasarca. For one week she took sal. diureticus and tincture of
cantharides, but without advantage. On the 10th you directed the
infusion of Digitalis, a dram and half to half a pint, an ounce to be
taken every fourth hour. Before this quantity was quite finished, the
urine began to be discharged very copiously. The medicine was then
stopped as you had directed. On the 15th, being costive, she took a
jallap purge, and on the 24th she was discharged cured.