The case of Miss Davies / [George Ogden].

  • Ogden, George (Surgeon)
Date:
[1752]
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Credit: The case of Miss Davies / [George Ogden]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    exprefling himfelf, faid he would have nothing applied; there was no Neceflity for it j for, faid he, let it feab, it will heal under the Scab; and it will heal, and fcab on, till it is quite well. I now looked upon him as the Great Bajkaeu\ and upon myfelf as his moft humble Slave. I made no Reply, but was all Obedience. I was determined to have no Contention, no Strife, in the Place I was then in. After this Time there never was any Thing more applied to the Ulcer ; for indeed, after fuch a defpotic and magifterial Command, I thought it would ' be in vain to attempt it; and that I had then nothing more to do, but to fummon up all the Patience I was Mafter of -> for from that Mo¬ ment I gave all for loft. In the Evening, about Six o'Clock, I again waited upon Mils Davies; fhe had a great Flow of Spirits, as fome People called it, but I ap¬ prehended fhe talked a great deal too quick and too faft, and that her Brain was a little af- feded. Upon Monday Morning, the 23d of March, between Five and Six o’Clock, a Ser¬ vant called upon me to come to Mifs Davies: I found Dr. Hays in the Chamber 5 I afked him if all was not well ? He replied, that Mifs Davies had a very reftlefs Night; that fhe wa9 delirious, and had frequent Motions to make Water, but could not, which he called a Stran¬ gury, defired me to feel her Pulfe, and afked my