DEP/DUA/1/32/21 (Normalised version)

Margaret Sprots

1783

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N^o10^th May 29. 1783.

Margaret Sprots. at 60 complains of severe pain at times in the left haunch & in the left ankle with a shaking through the whole left thigh & leg. The complaints are constantly removed by walking & by the warmth of her bed & are renewed by sitting & by the application of cold. She has no similar affection of the left arm.

Pulse 76 Tongue whitish but moist. Belly regular. Appetite thirst & sleep natural.

The complaints began in the winter with a cramp in her leg & attended with a sensation of extreme cold. She has for some days been taking Valerian & she thinks with advantage.

Cap. Pulv. Valr. Sylv. Ji. bis indies

31. Continued to be considerably easier till yesterday when she was affected with severe pains in her bowels succeeded by a Diarrhoea which she thinks may be attributed to her eating too much of green vegetables which disagreed with her.

Cap. h. s. Pil. Pacif. Gr V Cont. Pulv. Valer. Sylv. u. a.

June 14. Her pains are much easier, but she is still at times much affected with the shaking of her leg. The parts have been rubbed with a flesh brush & she thinks with considerable advantage.

Interm Pil. Pacif. Cont. Fricto & Pulv. Valer. Sylv. u. a.