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Binny Craw
1787
No12th November 20th. 1787
Binny Craw at 21, seemingly of an healthy appearance, is frequently affected with severe pains in her stomach and bowels, & she is often also affected with severe pain in her forehead attended with a dimness of sight. She discharges at every stool several joints of a worm of the Taenia kind. The joints at present discharged are each about half an inch in length, & about two tenths of an inch in breadth. At present the joints come away single, but she has sometimes discharged a considerable number of them at once united together. Pulse natural, Belly in general costive, Catamenia regular, [urine] natural, appetite good, but she is often affected with considerable thirst. Her present complaints began about two years ago, & at that time, she first observed fragments of the worm. She has taken a variety of remedies without either producing the complete expulsion of the worm or giving much relief of her symptoms. She knows no cause to which this affection can be attributed. Cap. cr hor. 6ta matut. Pulv. Rad. Filic. mar. ℥i. ex Ag. [cyan] nec non Rx. Pulv. Crem Tart. ℥p. Rad Jalap. ʒp Syr. Simp. g. s. f. [Elect]. incip. [cras]. hor. 10[ma] [antes] [merid] & cap. coch. parv. om semihor donec superv. catharsis. 24. Took the powder as directed & the purgative operated briskly. But no considerable portion of the Taenia was discharged single joints only coming away as before. Her other symptoms continue nearly as formerly. Interm Med & cap. om. m & vesp. Stan. Pulv. ʒii. nec non sumat mane die Veneris. Pulv. Jalap. Comp. ʒi. 4 Took the three doses of the Pulveris Gamboge as directed. The second dose excited some vomiting & after the third she vomited for several hours with great severity. It had no effect in inducing catharsis & no large fragments of the worm were brought away, single joints continuing to be discharged as formerly. Interm. Med & cap. ter de die. Mist. Tinct. Aromat. ℥ p. December 1. Took the Pulveris Stanni without any uneasiness, & on Wednesday morning, she discharged fragments of the Taenia some feet in length but without any appearance of the filum. Since that single joints have still come away as before. She is still much affected with the pain in her stomach & the purgative taken yesterday did not operate Interm Med & Rx. Pulv. G. Gamb gr iii. Sal. Alc. fix Veg. gr XVMcap dos [gr] m. & repet 2[do] [quag] hor ad tert vicem nosi prius supr catharsis. 8 The mixture sits easily on her stomach single joints of the worm still continue to be discharged And she is much distressed with violent pains in her abdomen & an uneasy sense of want at her stomach. Interm. Mist & Rx. Pulv. Stanni ℥p Rad Glycyr. ℥ii Syr. Simp. g. s. f. Elect. [cupr] cap coch parv. om. hor. & Repet. Elect. [epism]. indies ad 4tam vicem nec non sumat m. post. Pulv. Jap. Comp. ℥p & repet om hor ad [3tiam] vicem nisi prius superv. cathars. December 22. Took the electuary regularly as directed, & the purgative afterwards operated briskly. But no large fragment of the worm has been brought away. She has seen no single joints for some days past. But she is still much affected with the uneasiness at stomach. Interm. Med & Cap. Pil. e Camph gr V ter de die 29. No joints of the worm have been observed to be discharged since the last report. The pill sits easily on her stomach & her symptoms are somewhat relieved. Cont Pil e Camph ter ind. u. a. January 5. Has seen no joints of the worm for near three weeks past. But she has been much affected with pain & sickness at stomach. Interm. Pil e Camph. & Rx. Tinct. Absinthe Aromat aa ℥i Ag. Menth. Pep. ℥IVM. cap. ℥p. ter de die 12. Has seen no more of the worm but still complains of uneasiness at stomach. Cont. Mist. u. a. 19. No more appearance of Worms Cont. Mist. u. a.
