Observations on hepatic diseases incidental to Europeans in the East-Indies.

  • Mathews, Stephen.
Date:
1783
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Credit: Observations on hepatic diseases incidental to Europeans in the East-Indies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thing was effected by thefe means, fo that at four o'clock eight ounces of blood more were drawn away, and thirty drops of thebaic tincture with mint water ad- minifteredj two hours afterwards the pain was decreafing, though he could not raife his body another opiate of twenty drops was taken, judging that if the pain could be abated, gentle laxatives would remove the complaint. One circum- ftance now attracted our attention, his countenance, from being as before re- markably florid, became pale and yellow, and his eyes very clear, fo that his fate appeared to be at a very critical point, and we were much alarmed by fuch a fudden change : a fomentation of vinegar was applied to his abdomen, a large blif- ter laid over the fcrobiculus cordis, and a camphorated julep, with a fmall portion of antimonial wine (ten drops to a dofe) was adminiftered every half hour. At feven o'clock we were fent for, and he informed us that he had juft evacuated a very plentiful ftool, and thought himfeif rather more free from pain, but molt miferably unhappy and difquieted. Bis