DEP/DUA/1/44/34 (Normalised version)

Mary Thorborn

1788

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N^o8 November 4^th 1788.

Mary Thorborn at 26, is affected with frequent cough, attended with considerable expectoration. She complains also of much pain at the sternum, general debility, & anorexia, & at times she is affected with nausea.

Tongue foul, pulse frequent, much thirst, belly & catamenia regular.

These complaints first began about ten weeks ago, with the symptoms of the prevailing epidemic at that time. At the commencement of her complaints she was blooded & had a blister applied to her breast, which gave her some relief.

But she has never been free from the cough since that time & on the first instant, her complaints were much aggravated, which she ascribes to fresh exposure to cold.

Of late she has used no remedies.

Cap. Pulv. G. Myrrh comp. coch parv. bis indies.

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Cough & Dyspnoea rather easier, but she sleep ill during the night & in other respects continues nearly as before.

Cont. Pulv. G. Myrrh. u. a & cap Pil. Theb. gr X. om nocte h. s.

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Sleeps better during the night since she began the Pilulae Thebaciae but has frequent loose stools every day. She complains also of incontinence of urine with an excoriation of the external parts. Cough rather easier, Appetite good, but she is much emaciated, & her catamenia have not appeared at the usual period. Pulse 90 & feeble. Interm. Pulv. G. Myrrh. Cont. Pil. Theb. & Cap. Infus Japon ℥ p ter de die. nec non hab. Ungt Saturn ℥i. cujus applic. paux. p. affectus.

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Her looseness is considerably diminished, & she is little affected with the incontinence of urine unless from the severity of the cough. Her cough however is still very severe & she is affected with sweatings in the morning. Pulse 120, Tongue clean & particularly red at the point.

Cont. Med. u. a.