DEP/DUA/1/40/53 (Normalised version)

Mary Miller

1786

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No 9. November 17^th 1786

Mary Miller at 10 with fair hair & a healthy ruddy complexion has the eye lids of both eyes affected with considerable inflammation & turgescence, attended with pain & a discharge of tears especially in the morning & evening. At these times she complains much of headache. The great sensibility of her eyes to light together with the turgescence of the palpebrae, prevent their being properly examined.

Her mother however says there is a sloughy scale on the cornea of both eyes, but particularly on the left. She also complains of impaired vision. Pulse 86 & natural. Skin hot appetite impaired Belly costive. Ever since she had the chin cough with which she was attacked at the age of three, she has complained of weakness in her eyes. She however got entirely the better of this complaint upon the measles appearing three years ago. Some time after that however the weakness of the eyes again recurred. But, tis only within this month past, that she has been troubled with the present symptoms.

She knows no cause to which they can be attributed.

Hab. Solut. Salum. ℥ ii [pic] cloyst. & cap. [Pulv]. Jalap. comp. ℥ p. bis. in Septemane.

November 25 Cont. Solut & aug. dosis Pulv. Jalap. comp. ad ℥ i. bis in 7 [manc]

December 2. The inflammation of her eyes is considerably diminished

But her vision is still somewhat impaired.

Cont. Med. u. a.

9 The powder taken last week excited vomiting & did not operate as a cathartic. The inflammation of her eyes was for some days, considerably increased & was attended with much pain & intolerance of light. But these symptoms are again diminished though she has still much flushing & heat of her face.

Cont. Solut. Saturn.

Interm. Pulv. Jalap. comp. &

Rx. Pulv. Crem Tart. ℥ i.

Cort. Capiae ℥ I M

cap. coch parv. ter de die.

16. Has in general two or three stools from the powder

Her eyes have been much easier

Cont. Med. u. a.