Volume 1

Hyperanthraxis; or the cholera of Sunderland / [William Reid Clanny].

  • Clanny, William Reid, 1776-1850
Date:
1832
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Hyperanthraxis; or the cholera of Sunderland / [William Reid Clanny]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cheese for supper on the preceding night. After my visit, and contrary to my injunctions, as to diet, he had a mutton-chop for dinner ; and, after dinner, he went to the river to his keel. He was absent about twenty minutes, and on his return home, about four o’clock, he be- came very ill, had a severe shivering fit and giddiness, cramps of the stomach, and violent vomiting and purging. Although he was in this alarming state, his friends did not send for me until Sunday morning, at seven o'clock, when I found him evidently sinking ; pulse almost imperceptible, and extremities cold, skin dry, eyes sunk, lips blue, features shrunk, he spoke in whispers, violent vomiting and purging, cramps of the calves of the legs, and complete prostration of strength. At this time the tongue was moist and warm, but it shortly afterwards became dry, brown, and cold; the urine was suppressed. I had not an opportunity of examining the stools, but they were described to me as being like meat washings, and horribly offensive. Ordered the following t. opii. gr. xl. immediately, opi. gr. iss. every {wo hours; brandy and wine ad libi- tum ; a blister to the epigastrium ; hot bricks