DEP/DUA/1/36/22 (Normalised version)

John Skinner

1784

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N^o11 November 19. 1784

John Skinner at 64 is troubled with severe cough & difficulty of breathing. During the night the cough always becomes worse, so that he is deprived of sleep.

The great difficulty of breathing, proceeds, he thinks, from the incapacity of discharging the phlegm. And this want of strength, is at times so great, that he is almost suffocated by the mucus, which obstructs the vessels of the lungs.

He began first to complain about a month ago & he attributes his complaints to exposure to cold.

November 20^th He complains much of pain in his side from an accidental blow by a piece of wood.

Hab. Bals. Anod. ℥ ii

illin. p. dol. nec non sumat bis

indies Pulv. Crem Tart. comp.

coch. parv.

27. The pain of side is considerably easier since the use of the Anodyne balsam.

Cont. Pulv. Crem Tart comp u. a.

December 4^th Is nearly free from the pain of his side & his cough & breathing are much easier than before.

Let him be dismissed