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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    breathing was fevere. The anodyne medicine agrees well with him, he deeps better, but is coftive. Continue tur mifiura antifpafmodica, fumatur jnijlune okofa laxantis f cochlearium parvum unum vel duo pro re nata. The 23d. The child is very weak and thin. His pulfe cannot be felt. His crowing is much lefs; it fometimes flops for half a day, and then returns again. He had an eafy ftool with the laxative. November 27th. He eats and fucks better; crows lefs ; fleeps moderately; breathes eafier and his cough is loofer. He takes a tea-fpoonful and a half of the antifpafmodic mixture twice a day, and one tea-fpoonfu.l pf the laxative, mixture every day. On the 3d pf November he had another fevere and dangerous relapfe of the fame complaint-. The fame medicines were continued, increafing the dofe of the anodyne occafionally; and the fymptoms were much relieved on the 26th.— On the 4th of December his diforder returned: again, but with lefs violence; and in a few X x days, 1 f Vide p. 245.