DEP/DUA/1/33/39 (Normalised version)

Robert Drysdale

1784

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N^o20. January 16^th 1784

Robert Drysdale at 5. The abdomen is considerably & equally distended, the integuments retain their natural appearance, but a fluctuation can be easily perceived. Pulse quick & frequent. Appetite till within this last week has been voracious, but he has now almost lost it. Belly rather loose. He frequently discharges wind by the mouth & anus.

This last week he has passed two lumbricus. His legs never swell.

About two months since the swelling was first perceived & has been increasing ever since. His health has been perfectly good until the appearance of the present affection excepting about November last when he was affected with an inflammation of the throat.

He has taken various laxatives at different times as Senna, Rhubarb etc. His mother knows no cause for his disease

Rx Pulv. Crem Tart ℥i

- Cort Cassia ℥i

Jalap gr XV

Syr. Simp. g. s. f. Elect cassia cap coch parv om m & vesp.

24. The Electuary produced frequent watery stools & his urine is tolerably free though turbid & of a whitish cast. His mother thinks that he is rather easier but the swelling of his belly continues nearly as before.

Cont. Elect. u. a. &

Rx. Infus. Amar. ℥IV

Tinct. Aromat. ℥ii M cap coch bis indies

31. Has still several watery stools from the Electuary every day. And the swelling of his belly has fallen about an inch since the last report

He has taken the infusion regularly which has produced a considerable discharge of wind.

Cont. Elect. & Mist. cum Inf. Amar u. a.