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    DEP/DUA/1/34/31 (Transcript version)

    Ann Dryburgh

    1784


    No36 March 12. 1784

    Ann Dryburgh at 34. Her spirits are much depressd, & she is very anxious about the event of her complaints. She frequently observes something like a ball in her left side. It seems to move about in her abdomen for some time before it rises up to her throat. After this much wind is belchd up & the sense of stricture ceases. A fit of sneezing occurs every morning & returns at other times of the day. She often [illegible] & yaws especially after eating.

    She is also troubled with pains in her feet & about her right hip joint which was formerly dislocated.

    She was much affected by a circumstance which occurd twelve years since & her spirits have never been perfectly recovered. Belly costive, Menses return at intervals of three weeks. they are very regular & not very abundant.

    Cap. Tinct Fulig. ℥ ii ex Ag. Cyanth. om. m. & vesp.

    20 Has taken the Tinct. Fulig as directed & it has in general had some effect in producing a discharge of wind. She is now less distressd with the yawning [illegible] & pain in different parts of her body but she has been much affected with pains in her stomach & belly, particularly during the menstrual discharge which ceased a few days ago.

    Cont. Tinct. Fulig. u. a

    27. Has still considerable eructations after the Tinctura Fuliginis. Her other symptoms continue much as before.

    Cont. Tinct. Fulig. u. a.

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