Observations on the nature and treatment of cholera : and on the pathology of mucous membranes / by Alex. Turnbull Christie.

Date:
1828
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Credit: Observations on the nature and treatment of cholera : and on the pathology of mucous membranes / by Alex. Turnbull Christie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CASE VI. Dhai'war, Yltli June 1826. Vyai’oory, aet. 20, Sepoy, 5th Regiment, N. I.— Has been in hospital since the 15th inst. with an ulcer on the leg. 2, p. M.—Reported to the dresser about half an hour ago, that he had vomited two or three times a large quantity of white watery fluid ; but that, excepting weakness, nothing else was the matter with him. His illness had not even attracted the notice of the other pa- tients in the ward. Pulse already imperceptible at the wrist. Features collapsed. Extremities cold. No per- spiration. Has taken 50 minims of laudanum. Sumat stat. Calomel. 9i et superbibat Tinct. Carda- momi ^ss, in paululum Aquae Piperit. tepidae. Admoveantur emph epispast. validum abdomini, sinapismi pedibus et arena calida brachiis. 18^7i, 6, A. M.—In addition to the medicines prescrib- ed above, he took ten grains of compound extract of colocynth yesterday evening. His pulse began to be perceptible last night at ten o’clock, and is now just perceptible at the wrist. Skin a little warmer. Had two watery yellow stools yesterday evening.