DEP/DUA/1/34/19 (Normalised version)

Peter Campbell

1784

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N^o30 February 6^th 1784

Peter Campbell at 30. Has a constant cough with expectoration which is at times free but at other times more difficult.

He was affected with sickness yesterday at 12 o’Clock which continued for three quarters of an hour, without his having any inclination to vomit

He then perceived as he expresses himself an inward & violent trembling in his belly, which ceased in two or three minutes. Immediately after this he had successions & rigours over every other part of his body

These suddenly ceased in about fourteen minutes afterwards & were again as suddenly followed by tremblings in the abdomen.

The internal & external tremblings generally succeed each other three times in about three quarters of an hour. They are followed by a hot fit which after two hours terminates in a gentle sweat.

Appetite bad, belly bound, Pulse natural.

He has been unwell for these six weeks past & thinks the complaint was first contracted by exposing himself to cold when sweating. He was confined to his bed for the first fortnight. After which the ague began & has continued to recur every day since but at uncertain intervals.

The cough has been present from the first & it is most distressing when he has the internal affection. At this time he has an inflation of his belly especially after taking a little food, & this is often terminated by a discharge of wind.

7 Cap bis in 7mana Pulv. Ipecac Ji. nec non sumat om m & vesp. Pil. Foetid cum Aloe gr V.

14. Both the vomits operated well & he has taken the pills as directed which have kept his belly gently open with a considerable discharge of flatus.

He is still affected with the shivering fits formerly described, which however now only return once in two days & he is still much distressed with the wind in his stomach if he sits at rest even for the space of a few hours.

Cont. Pil. Foetid sed cap. gr V om. m. solummodo nec non habeat Pulv. Cort. Peruv. rub. ℥ i. Cap. ℥p. om [bihor] incip post paroxis.

21 Took the ounce of red bark without any other obvious effect, than slight uneasiness at stomach. Since that he has had no return of his former paroxysms & his health is in every respect much mended though he has still some cough. The pills keep his belly regular.

Interm Cortex. Cont. Pil Foetid. cum Aloe. u. a.