DEP/DUA/1/44/22 (Normalised version)

Betty Johnston

1788

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No2^d. October 28^th 1788

Betty Johnston at 40 complains of much pain in her throat with great difficulty of deglutition.

On inspection the tonsils & uvula appear to be much inflamed, & affected with some small ulcers. She complains also at times of nausea & inclination to vomit. Pulse about 90 & feeble. Skin dry, tongue foul belly costive, catamenia regular.

These complaints first attacked her on the 24^th instance & were ushered in with alternate cold & hot fits.

She knows no cause for this affection but says has been often subjected to similar attacks, although none of them were so violent as the present.

She has used no remedy but Hartshorn & oil applied externally to her throat.

Hab. Linim Volat. ℥ ii [faucib]. extern. app. nec non Rx. Infus Rosar Mucil. G. Arab. aa ℥ii. pro gargar sumat. etiam Sal. Glaub. ℥I pro cathart. m. s.

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A few days after she began her medicines, there took place a discharge of a considerable quantity of purulent matter from her throat, soon after which all the other symptoms terminated & she is at present in good health.

Let her be dismissed.

But let her frequently gargle her throat with a cold watery infusion of the Peruvian Bark, acidulated with vitriolic acid.