DEP/DUA/1/35/21 (Transcript version)

Andrew Ross

1784

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N^o11 May 28^th 1784

Andrew Ross at 15 has a considerable pain of breast accompanied with cough & dyspnoea & expectoration. Upon coughing the pain of the breast is always aggravatd & he expectorates generally a thick yellow matter. He feels a pain for the most part at the false ribs & under the sternum, which seldom continues long in a fixd situation but shoots along the false ribs of one side to the other, from thence it runs at times under the sternum either in a vertical or contrary direction. He says however he always feels a heaviness & some pain the chest, but it is encreasd when he coughs or expectorates.

He complains also of a sore throat

Pulse & belly regular.

He has had the present symptoms upwards of a month at which time he was first attackd with the cough then with the pain of the breast & in a short time after profuse sweating superveend during the night.

The present affection is attributed to exposure to cold after having overheated himself, on which occasion he was so imprudent as to drink a great quantity of cold water. No medicines have been used. Ap. Vesic p. dol. pat

Rx. Mucil G. Arab.

Syr. [Acet] Ag. Font aa ℥ii

Tinct Theb. gt [4] X M cap. ℥p ter de die

June 5. Thinks the pain of his breast somewhat easier since the application of the blister but his cough continues to be very severe, with the expectoration of a large quantity of matter which has a very disagreeable taste & smell. Belly regular.

Pulse 110. Cont. Mist Mucil.

u. a. & cap bis in 7[ma] Pulv.

Ipecac gr X pro Emet.

12. The pain of his breast is rathr easier. But the cough & copious expectoration still continue. Both the vomits operated well Pulse 100 Belly regular.

Interm Emet. Cont. Mist Mucil & ap. vesic lat. sinist. Ex quo [porta]

f. fontic oper Ungt Epispas

19 Cough & breathing easier.

Cont Mist Mucilag & Fontic u. a.