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DEP/DUA/1/41/33 (Transcript version)
Thomas Aitken
1787
No33. Febr 23 1787.
Thos Aitken at 36 by trade a Taylor complains of severe cough with dyspnoea & pain of breast. He has often also pain in the inferior part of the abdomen. The cough is attended with copious gross expectoration. The matter expectorated is of a saltish taste. He complains also of lassitude which together with the Dyspnoea are much encreased on going up hill. Pulse 80 & small. Tongue rough. Belly regular. Appetite tolerable & he sleeps pretty well. He is generally attackd with these symptoms when the winter sets in & they again disappear in the spring. They have occured with greater severity this season than formerly. But he thinks they are at present on the decline. Cap. bis in 7 [mane] Pulv. Ipecac Ji March 3d. Both the vomits operated well, but since the last he thinks that the pain of his breast is rather encreased, & his cough is still very severe, but at present it is attended with little expectoration. Interm Med & cap ter de die Vin. Nicot [gt] XX ex Ag. Cyantho. 10th Has sometimes sickness & vomiting from the morning dose of the drops, & he does not think, they have had any effect in encreasing the quantity of his urine. But his breast is considerably relievd, though he has still at times severe returns of the cough Cont. Vin. Nicot. u. a. 17. Has still some sickness from the drops, but without vomiting. His breast continues easy His urine is nothing encreased But his cough is still frequent Cont Vin Nicot ter is dias u a. nec non sumat om. n. Pil Scill. Gr X March 24th The cough is much easier & in other respects he is in good health Let him be Dismissd.