A treatise on the asthma : to which are added cases and observations, in which the asthma is complicated with the following diseases : catarrhs., humoral asthmas, ... general convulsions / by Thomas Withers.

  • Withers, Thomas, 1750-1809.
Date:
1786
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Credit: A treatise on the asthma : to which are added cases and observations, in which the asthma is complicated with the following diseases : catarrhs., humoral asthmas, ... general convulsions / by Thomas Withers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    difficult and laborious, and fh'e had a trouble- lb me cough which greatly increafed the pain. She afterwards made no further complaint of the pain and fwelling in her legs and feet. She was ordered to be bled immediately to the quan- tity of ten ounces ; and in twelve hours the ope- ration was to be repeated. A blifter likewife was applied acrols the pit of her ftomach; gliders adminiftered occafionally ; and the fol- lowing mixture prefcribed. Sumat mifturj; falina unciam unam & dimidiam quart a quaque bora. The 28th. She has been bled twice, and her blood is tolerably firm, with fome appearance of the buff-coat. The blifter anfwered well, and me has had two ftools with the glider. The fymptoms are rather eafier than they were yefterday. Her pulfe is fofter but ftill quick. The vomiting is very fevere. Cold water flays on her ftomach when nothing elfe will, and gives her no pain. She has taken the feline mixture at times when her ftomach could bear it. Her breathing continues very laborious with confiderable wheezing and great tightnefs acrols her breaft, fo that fhe is obliged to have her head and body raifed high with pillows. Her tongue is foul and her fkin hot, but they are not fo dry as