On erysipelas and its treatment by perchloride of iron / by William Pirrie.

  • Pirrie, William, 1807-1882.
Date:
1861
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Credit: On erysipelas and its treatment by perchloride of iron / by William Pirrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    great headache ; bowels opened. To continue the drops. 20th.—Restless night, and a good deal of wandering. Coherent at visit. Pulse 96. 21st.—Had a bad night, but states she has less headache to-day ; and feels her face less distended. 22d.—Greater clearness of ideas ; distinct diminution of the inflammation and swelling. 23d.—Pain in face and head much less; swelling subsiding. As bowels have not moved for two days, ordered a magnesian aperient mixture. 25tli.—No confusion since last report. Tongue cleaning. Pulse 89. 26th.—Head and face improving rapidly. Complains of cough, and slight pain in chest. Catarrhal sounds heard on applying the stethoscope. Mustard cataplasms to front and back of chest. The drops to be taken every four hours. 27th.—Swelling entirely gone ; desquamation com¬ menced ; urine albuminous and containing renal epithe¬ lium ; cough troublesome. Blister to be applied to the chest; and to take two drachms of the liquor ammonise acetatis four times a day in a little saline mixture. 30th.—Patient has been up for the last two days; and at her own request I discontinued my visits. On examining a sample of her water sent up to me next day, I found it quite normal. II. J. R., set. 46, of intemperate habits, was seized on the 20th March, 1861, with headache, vomiting, and