6th. No uneasiness of head; slept ill; eyes suffused and injected; face swollen; still complains of soreness of throat, which is undiminished; tongue moist; teeth sordid; lips sordid and cracked; less thirst; three stools; pulse 120, firm; blood very sizy and cupped. Rep. V.S. ad ℥xiij. et Hirudines viij. gutturi. Pt. Med.
7th. Expression of countenance more natural; face less swollen; more sleep; throat greatly relieved; deglutition quite easy; no tenderness of abdomen on full pressure; tongue more clean and moist; lips and teeth less sordid; pulse 111; eruption less distinct. Haustus Sennæ Sal. c. m.
8th. No uneasiness of head, throat, or abdomen; sleep natural; tongue beginning to clean, much less red; pulse 114; skin exfoliating.
9th. Convalescent.
14th. Has been gradually gaining strength and is now quite well. Dismissed cured.
Case CXIII.
Mary Jones, æt. 33, married. Three days ago attacked with shivering, succeeded by glows of heat, severe pain in the back and lower extremities, with much head-ache. At present, pain of head severe, especially over the forehead; mind distinct; scarcely any sleep; no uneasiness of chest; some cough; abdomen tender on pressure; tongue not much loaded; some thirst; no appetite; one stool; pulse 108, of some power.—V.S. ad ℥xvj. Ol. Ricini, ʒiij. q. p. Mist. Acid. pro potu.
Hora 3tia, p. m. Pain of head diminished since the bleeding, but by no means removed; much pain of back; some of abdomen; pulse 112, strong, full, sharp, and not easily compressed. Blood with firm and thick buff. Rep. V.S. ad ℥xvj. statim. Pulv. Aper. Mit. h. s.
4th. After the second bleeding last night, the pain was entirely removed: she slept well, and the pain continued absent until this morning, when it returned with great severity, or rather violence. She was bled to the extent of fourteen ounces with immediate and great relief: blood in both cups with firm buff and proportion of crassamentum large: at present, the head is quite free from pain; there is scarcely any pain in the back; no tenderness of the abdomen; tongue loaded in middle with white fur, moist at edges, of natural colour; four stools; pulse 120, weak.—Pt. med.
5th. No return of pain in the head; that of back continues; slept ill; tongue much more clean and quite moist; four stools; pulse 120, weak; skin warm and damp. Omit. pulv. Pt. alia med.