DEP/DUA/1/33/05 (Normalised version)

Betty Murray

1783

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N^o 3^d. October. 30^th 1783.

Betty Murray at 11, has white hair & is of a delicate fair complexion. The glandular concatenate on both sides of her neck are much swelled, but are not painful when pressed. These swellings sometimes subside considerably & then again rise to their former size but they never altogether disappear.

She complains also of severe cough, with pain in her right side

The cough returns in fits, four or five times in the day, but in the night the fits occur more frequently, & with greater violence.

She expectorates with difficulty a matter which is [saltish] & very disagreeable to the taste.

Pulse 132 & weak Tongue very red. She complains much of thirst.

Appetite pretty good. Belly & Urine natural. She sleeps very ill, her breath is foetid, & her respiration is somewhat affected by the pain of her side. The swellings on her neck first appeared at the beginning of last summer, & have continued in the same way, ever since. The cough commenced last autumn

But it has become very severe within this fortnight. None of her family have been similarly affected. Has used no medicines.