An inaugural dissertation on the diseases of old age : as connected with a plethoric state of the system / by John Scudder.

  • Scudder, John, 1793-1855.
Date:
1815
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the diseases of old age : as connected with a plethoric state of the system / by John Scudder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. Joseph Miller, aged seventy-three, feels con- siderable numbness in his head, and is unable to articulate distinctly, is feeble, and cannot walk as well as usual. His mind appears to partake of the diseased condition of the body, being in- capacitated to perform its proper functions. Let him be bled. Bleeding has entirely relieved him, and he is as well as formerly. III. C. Williams, aged forty-eight, has felt a ge- neral numbness for some time past, which he attributes to his having caught cold. The phy- sician, whom he consulted, notwithstanding he was afflicted with the sick headach, was flighty, and sometimes in danger of falling when not sup- ported, condemned the lancet in the strongest terms, asserting that he had no blood to lose; that he rather wanted blood than otherwise. He came into the Aims-House with diarrhoea,