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    DEP/DUA/1/33/21 (Transcript version)

    Susan Tans

    1783


    No11 Novr 28. 1783

    Susan Tans. at 22, of a sanguine temperament, has frequent & irregular sensations of coldness which begin in the small of her back & extend to every part of her body. This sensation is attended with pain of the head. She is also sick at times but never vomits. During the fit she has twice felt the motion of something passing backwards & forwards in the belly which ceased upon the discharge of wind by the mouth.

    These symptoms seizd her instantaneously. The first or second fit was accompanied with difficulty of breathing, which continued about two hours. P. 86 & feeble

    Here complaints are of about five weeks continuance & she imputes them to a fright she got one evening. She was deliverd of a [girel] six month ago, which she still suckles & her menses have not appeard since

    Cap. Pil. Foetid cum Aloe gr V om. m. Nec non sumat om. m. Pulv. Valer. Sylv. ℥ i.

    Decr 6th Has taken her medicines regularly & all her symptoms are considerably relieved

    But she has been at times affected with sickness at stomach, pain of back & head. Appetite mended belly rather loose. P. natural No return of menses Cont Pil Foetid cum Aloe sed cap gr V alt. guag. n. solummodo. Sumat Valer. Sylv. ℥i bis indies

    13. Has taken the Valerian as directed, & all her symptoms are considerably easier, although she is still at times affected with a sense of coldness & with pain & distension of the stomach.

    The pills keep her belly regular.

    Cont. Pil. Foetid. u. a. Cont. etiam Pulv. Valer Sylv. sed cap. ℥I om. m. solummodo.

    20 Is free from all her symptoms

    Let her be dismissd.

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