Hospital facts and observations : illustrative of the efficacy of the new remedies, strychnia, brucia, acetate of morphia, veratria, iodine, &c. in several morbid conditions of the system : with a comparative view of the treatment of chorea, and some cases of diabetes : a report on the efficacy of sulphureous fumigations in diseases of the skin, chronic rheumatism, &c. / by James Lomax Bardsley.

  • Bardsley, James Lomax, 1801-1876.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Hospital facts and observations : illustrative of the efficacy of the new remedies, strychnia, brucia, acetate of morphia, veratria, iodine, &c. in several morbid conditions of the system : with a comparative view of the treatment of chorea, and some cases of diabetes : a report on the efficacy of sulphureous fumigations in diseases of the skin, chronic rheumatism, &c. / by James Lomax Bardsley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CASE VII. John Barnes, set. 48, dyer, was admitted an in-patient, July 12th, 1826. This patient was suddenly deprived of the use of the left half of the body, on the 10th of February, 1825. He had been subject in early life to great irregularities in his general mode of living. The sense of feeling was nearly gone in the affected side, and he could not raise either his left arm or leg from the bed. His speech was greatly impaired, and his mental faculties were much enfeebled. He discharged his faeces and urine involuntarily. Pulse seventy-six, and of moderate strength. Body ema- ciated, appetite gone, spirits very low. Head free from uneasiness. I directed the sixth of a grain of strychnia to be taken twice daily. 14th. No effect from the alkali. Pill to be given three times daily. 18th. No change. The dose to be in- creased to the fourth of a grain three times in the day. 24th. The patient has mentioned to the nurse, that his left leg and arm have been severely twitched during the last two days, in about a quarter of an hour after taking each pill. Half a grain to be exhibited twice in the day. 28th. Twitchings of affected limbs have been rather severe since last report, but he finds himself much better, and he now asks for the chamber pan when he wishes to evacuate either the rectum or bladder. He can also slightly raise both the left arm and leg. Appetite