Case of hydrothorax : in which is related the origin of the disease, and progress of cure, from the most hopeless state to a return to health : with some observations on hydrargyri sub murias / by W. Whincopp.

  • Whincopp, William.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Case of hydrothorax : in which is related the origin of the disease, and progress of cure, from the most hopeless state to a return to health : with some observations on hydrargyri sub murias / by W. Whincopp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that it occurred to me such a case ought to be made public. Edward Harsant, aged sixty-three, a carpenter, an ingenious and clever me- chanic, when young of a robust constitu- tion, had been for many years a hard work- ing, and, I may add, a hard drinking man. It often happened, by his intemperance, the digestive organs having been much im- paired; the liver imperfectly performed its office, the bile frequently defective in quantity or quality, or both; his lower ex- tremities oedematous. On these occasions the stomach and liver had been so far restored to the performance of those func- tions, by a short abstinence from his usual potations, and the aid of medicine, as to bring him to that state of convalescence that he could return to his usual occuj)a- tion, but with diminished activity, as the cfidematous legs, still exhibited a languor in the absorbent system; and for ten or twelve years I have remarked his legs have been double their natural size; he says, it is longer since they began to swell;” but a certain energy of mind had kept him to his business, without any B 2