On the use of belladonna in enteric fever / by John Harley.

  • Harley, John, 1833-1921.
Date:
[1872?]
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Credit: On the use of belladonna in enteric fever / by John Harley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Evening.—Substituted turpentine draught for the belladonna ; Enema opii. Tongue moist; one stool with a tinge of blood; skin cool. T. 100°. P. 80. 16th.—Bowels not open during the previous night, but thrice to- day, without blood; tongue moist and red. T. 102°. P. 96. 17th.—Brandy ^iij. Weaker, but comfortable; tongue moist. T. 10P4°. P. 92. 18th.—Bowels open twice; about half a pint of dark blood in last stool. T. 104°. P. 100. 19th.—Two loose stools, tinged with blood. T. 102*6°. P. 108. 20th.—Enema opii. Four loose stools, with slight tinge of blood; a few new spots; eruption of sudamina; tongue moist and clean; slept well; abdomen rather full. T. 102-8°. P. 104. 21st.—Bowels open once ; no blood. T. 102°. P. 100. 22nd.—Three loose stools. T. 101-4°. P.104. 23rd.—One stool, more consistent. T. 100-8°. P. 92. 24th.—One dark bilious, more consistent stool to-day; tongue moist and nearly clean; comfortable and cheerful; convalescence was uninterrupted. T. 101-2°. P. 92. Case 8.—A moderately severe case, with early prostration. Convalescence began on the twentieth day. James M—, set. 6. He had been ill seven days before admission, with fever and diarrhoea. Treatment.—n\xv Succi belladonnse, sextis horis, from the eighth to the twenty-seventh day. Progress.—There was great pallor and apathy throughout. The diarrhoea and prostration were relieved on the eighth day of treatment. On the twentieth day there was hunger. From this date the motions became consistent, and on the twenty- seventh day the evacuations were natural. 8th day.—Restless ; pallid ; tongue dry and brown ; three loose stools. T. 103°. P. 130. 9th.—irixv Succi belladonna, sextis horis. A few rose spots. T. 103°. P. 130. 10th to 16th.—Prostration with restlessness, and from two to four loose stools a day. T. 103° to 100 5°. P. 130 to 120.