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DEP/DUA/1/28/07 (Transcript version)
John Wilson
(1781-1782)
John Wilson at 46
About ten days ago when in bed was seizd with a pain in his left mamma, which has gradually encreased. It is now very acute & on the slightest pressure shoots up to the top of the sternum & produces a sense of suffocation On Monday night being also in bed he was seizd with a pain about the top of the dorsal vertebrae which has gradually encreased & is now very severe particularly on inspiration Complains also of cough which is very severe during the night & he spits up a thick & dark colourd matter. Pulse natural tongue red but clean Appetite good belly natural but he has great difficulty in passing his stools. Urine natural. Sleeps ill in the night & feels himself very cold. The cough commenced about three weeks ago & has gradually encreased in severity. About two years ago he was a patient in the Dispensary, affected with incontinence of urine & was dismissd cured He has used no medicines & [can] assign no cause for his complaint. Applic Vesic inter [scap] & cap bis indies Pulv. Fol. Rodod. gr iii