Essays on hypochondriasis, and other nervous affections / by John Reid.

  • Reid, John, 1776-1822.
Date:
1823
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Credit: Essays on hypochondriasis, and other nervous affections / by John Reid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    . Case XXII. Angina^ Neuralgia of Left Arm and Breast^ Flatulence^ Src. August 18th, 1828. Mrs. R., set 56, whilst on a visit in Leeds, consulted me respecting a variety of nervous symptoms, which for a great length of time, had given her considerable anxiety. On inquiry, I found that she had tightness across the epigastrium, flatulence, palpi- tations, and general muscular debility. There was tenderness on pressing most of the cervical, and some of the lower dorsal vertebras. Leeches were applied to the spine, and on the following night a blister, which produced great rehef, and in a few days she was con- sidered convalescent, being better than she had been for many months. On the evening of the 25th, she was suddenly seized with coldness, inexpressible sense of suf- focation, tightness and oppression at the chest, a feeling, as if she were immediately about to die, pain striking down the left arm to the elbow, and down from the neck to the left breast. Some relief was obtained after the discharge of great quantities of air from the stomach. Stimulants were administered, a sinapism applied to the spine, and warmth, externally, to the extremities. As soon as the heat of the body was restored, she felt com- paratively well. On the next day, tenderness was felt in the same parts of the spine as before, and the symp- toms mentioned at the commencement of this account were perceived, though in a moderate degree. As she was obliged to return home, she was directed to apply a blister alternately to the cervical and lower dorsal ver- tebrae, at intervals of ten days or a fortnight, for a few