DEP/DUA/1/28/07 (Normalised version)

John Wilson

(1781-1782)

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John Wilson at 46

About ten days ago when in bed was seized with a pain in his left mamma, which has gradually increased. It is now very acute & on the slightest pressure shoots up to the top of the sternum & produces a sense of suffocation

On Monday night being also in bed he was seized with a pain about the top of the dorsal vertebrae which has gradually increased & is now very severe particularly on inspiration

Complains also of cough which is very severe during the night & he spits up a thick & dark coloured matter.

Pulse natural tongue red but clean

Appetite good belly natural but he has great difficulty in passing his stools. Urine natural. Sleeps ill in the night & feels himself very cold.

The cough commenced about three weeks ago & has gradually increased in severity. About two years ago he was a patient in the Dispensary, affected with incontinence of urine & was dismissed cured

He has used no medicines & [can] assign no cause for his complaint.

Applic Vesic inter [scap] & cap bis indies

Pulv. Fol. Rodod. gr iii