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    DEP/DUA/1/33/39 (Transcript version)

    Robert Drysdale

    1784


    No20. Janr 16th 1784

    Robt Drysdale at 5. The abdomen is considerably & equally distended, the integuments retain their natural appearance, but a fluctuation can be easily perceivd. Pulse quick & frequent. Appetite till within this last week has been voracious, but he has now almost lost it. Belly rather loose. He frequently discharges wind by the mouth & anus.

    This last week he has passd two lumbrici. His legs never swell.

    About two months since the swelling was first perceivd & has been encreasing ever since. His health has been perfectly good untill the appearance of the present affection excepting about Novr last when he was affected with an inflammation of the throat.

    He has taken various laxatives at different times as Senna, Rhubarb &e. His mother knows no cause for his disease

    Rx Pulv. Crem. Tart ℥i

    - Cort Cassia ℥i

    Jallap gr XV

    Syr. Simp. g. s. f. Elect [cassia] cap coch parv om m & vesp.

    24. The powders have Electuary produced frequent watery stools & his urine is tolerably free though turbid & of a whitish cast. His mother thinks that he is rather easier but the swelling of his belly continues nearly as before.

    Cont. Elect. u. a. &

    Rx. Infus. Amar. ℥IV

    Tinct. Aromat. ℥ii M cap coch bis indies

    31. Has still several watery stools from the Electuary every day. And the swelling of his belly has fallen about an inch since the last report

    He has taken the infusion regularly which has produced a considerable discharge of wind.

    Cont. Elect. & Mist. cum Inf. Amar u. a.

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