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William Walker
1786
No27. January 13th. 1786
William Walker at 35 a joiner of an unhealthy appearance & much emaciated is affected with a severe & almost constant pain of the obtuse kind under the sternum, towards the lower end of it. It is much aggravated by pressure & by a frequent hard cough which is without any expectoration. He has frequently a distressing pain in the head & every night he is attacked with a violent cold rigour followed in the morning by sweat which is often very copious. Pulse about 90 & feeble. Tongue clean. Thirst very great. Appetite much impaired Belly regular, great weakness. He began to complain of the above symptoms about three months ago. But they have been very much aggravated within the last fortnight. He thinks they originated from cold. He was formerly he says remarkably healthy & none of his family or relations are subject to pectoral complaints. He says however that about 18 years ago, several ulcers broke out on his legs without any evident cause but they healed up in no long time & he never had any swelling of the glands of the neck. Cap. Pulv. Ipecac Ji. pro Em & sum Pulv. G. Myrrh comp. coch parv. ter de die 21. The vomit operated well, & he has taken the powders as directed. His cough & pain of breast are considerably relieved, & he is less affected with the headache but he is still attacked with cold fits profuse sweatings, in the morning. Appetite mended. Tongue clean Belly natural. Cont. Pulv. G. Myrrh u. a. & cap. om. m. h. s. Spt. Vitriol ten. coch parv. ex. Ag. cyatho. 28. His cough is now very much relieved but the sweatings are nothing diminished since the use of the Spiritus Vitrioli. Belly natural. Pulse 104 Cont. Med. u. a. February 4th. His cough has been considerably aggravated since the last report, with almost no expectoration. His sweatings continue as violent as before, & upon attempting to restrain the discharge by diminishing the bed clothes he was affected with severe pains in his bones. Tongue clean. Pulse 120 & small. Cont. Med. u. a.
