DEP/DUA/1/36/38 (Normalised version)

Margaret Morison

1784

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N^o20 December. 12^th. 1784

Margaret Morison at 54 complains of severe dry cough attended with difficulty of breathing. By the great agitation which is produced from coughing the pit of her stomach is always seized with an acute pain. This pain is at times so severe & resembles so much a pointed instrument that the mucus is often obstructed in its passage upwards & in that way she is almost suffocated.

Appetite indifferent. Belly regular

About three years ago she was first attacked with the cough & the pain has always accompanied it. The spring & autumn are the times of the year that she is troubled with this complaint.

She thinks her affection was first brought on by exposure to cold. She has used no other medicines but a vomit which she took a few days ago as well as some of the Pilulae Scillitica

Cap. Pil. Scillit gr X om. m. & sumat om. m. Pulv. Crem Tart comp. coch parv.

19. The powder has had some effect in opening her belly. But she does not observe any increase of the quantity of urine. Her cough & Dyspnoea however are much relieved. Cont. Pil. Scillitica & Peruv. Crem Tart. comp. u. a.

December. 25. Cough & Dyspnoea have been somewhat aggravated for two days past. Cont. Med u. a.

January 1 Has now very little remains either of cough or Dyspnoea.

Let her be dismissed.