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DEP/DUA/1/36/36 (Transcript version)
Ann Runciman
1784
No19. Decr. 11th 1784
Ann Runciman at 30 complains of great pain in her back about the lumbar vertebrae This affection is always much aggravated when she either attemp to lift any weight, to bend her body, or to ly on her back, when in bed. Appetite good, but she is much distressd with flatulence Belly rather bound & she has long been in the habit of discharging many small worms. Menses regular but she has for upwards of an year & a half been troubled with Fluor albus, which is always most considerable immediately after menstruation, but continues in some degree till the next period. The pain of her loins first commenced about fifteen years ago & has been gradually encreasing in severity ever since. But it has become worse since her last delivery which was about two years ago. She was little affected with the Fluor albus before her last pregnancy but since that time it has encreased much in quantity & severity. The pain of her back she thinks proceeded from a sprain she got when she was only 16 years of age by lifting a heavy tub of water. She was about 20 years of age when she first noticed the discharge of worms. She has used no medicines for any of these complaints. Cap ter de die Infus. Amar ℥ I nec non habeat Ag. Calc. lb.i. injic ℥IV pro Enema. secunda quag. nocte 19. Has taken the infusam amarum as directed & thinks the Leucorrhoea considerably diminishd But the pain of her back continues much as before. She observed a considerable discharge of Ascarides from the first injections of the lime water, but has seen none since Cont. Med. u. a. 25 She has used the injections as directed. But there has been no more appearance of the ascarides. And the Fluor albus is at present entirely gone. But she still complains of pain in her back. Interm. Ag Calc. Cont. Infus. Amar. & illin. Bals. Anod. p. d. lumbar. Janr 8. The pain of her back is somewhat diminishd since the friction with the Anodyne Balsam. She has seen no more of the worms since the use of the lime water. And she is entirely free from the Fluor albus. Cont. Infus. Amar. & Bals. Anno 15. Still complains of the pain of her back. But is free from all her other symptoms. Interm Infus. Amar. Cont. Bals.
