Cases of periodical jactitation, or chorea / by Robert Watt, M.D.

  • Watt, Robert, 1774-1819.
Date:
1814
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Cases of periodical jactitation, or chorea / by Robert Watt, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    She generally voided her urine before she began her motions in the morning, and after she was stopped at night, but she required likewise to do it through the day. This seemed to give her great distress. After feeling the desire, she began to whine and fret, but still continued the motion. At last when it could be no longer retained, and when she began to feel her clothes getting wet, she was excessively distressed and uneasy, and ge¬ nerally did not recover her composure for the rest of the day. After some time, the attendants, when they perceived those signs of uneasiness coming on, drew her forcibly to the bed side, and held her fast till this operation was accomplished. Although she wished this to be done, she strug¬ gled a good deal, and if they attempted to keep her a single moment longer than was necessary, die became quite outrageous. Her bowels of late had been excessively cos¬ tive. She generally had no motion except in con¬ sequence of an injection. Innumerable attempts were made to remedy this by different kinds of purgatives, but it was found very difficult, if not impossible, to make her take any. Even calomel, concealed in the most secret manner, could hardly escape her detection. It had, however, at times been given to such an extent as to afreet her mouth, as well as to make a considerable impression on her bowels. Q