DEP/DUA/1/34/15 (Normalised version)

John Stark

1784

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N^o28 January 30^th 1784

John Stark at 19 is very weak & emaciated. He has about twenty four whitish slimy stools in the course of the day & night

They are in small quantity & unmixed with blood. He complains of a pain at the bottom of the fundament which is so violent, that he cannot sit down or walk without suffering the most excruciating torment. He has also a slight hard cough, & feels a pain in the chest part particularly in the morning.

Pulse frequent appetite bad.

The Diarrhoea has continued for ten weeks, but he had only one stool yesterday & another this forenoon & the pain at the anus is much abated. He attributes this change to a mixture with the Confection Japonica, which he has been taking for these two or three days.

Rx. Confect. Japon

Sach Alb. aa ℥ i.

[solum] Ag. Font. ℥VI dein adde Tinct. Theb. gt XX M cap. ℥p bis indies.

February 7. Since he began the use of the mixture his looseness has entirely ceased & at present his belly is rather bound. He still complains of much pain about the fundament. Interm Mist

& Rx. Tinct. Rhei ℥ii

Ag. Menth. ℥IV M

cap. ℥p bis indies.