An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses / With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases

by William Withering

CASE I.

Esther K——, Æt. 33. General anasarca, ascites, and dyspnœa, of seven months duration.

Decoct. c Digit. ʒiv. c. aq. ℔i. coquend. ad ℔ss. cap. ℥i. 2dis. horis. 1st Day. 4th dose made her sick. 2d Day. The first dose she took to-day produced vomiting.

3d Day. Minuatur dosis ad ℥ss. This stayed upon her stomach, but produced an almost constant sickness. Stools more frequent, water scarce sensibly increased; and her swellings not at all reduced.

4th Day. Cap. Calomel. gambog. scill. &c.

Obs. Sufficient time was not allowed to observe its effects, neither was the patient enjoined the free use of diluents. The disease terminated fatally.