r lungs from her infancy and very subject to
long continued coughs.

R. Pulv. scillae gr. iii.
Jalap gr. x. syr. rosar. solut. tinct. senn. aa [Symbol:
dram]ii. aq. menth. v. simpl. [Symbol: ounce]iss. m. mane
sumend.

R. pulv. scillae [Symbol: scruple]i. G. ammoniac, sapon.
venet. aa [Symbol: dram]iss. syr. q. s. f. pilul. 42 cap.
iii. nocte maneque.

On the 7th found her worse, and the swelling increased; the urine
about [Symbol: ounce]x in the twenty-four hours.

R. Fol. siccat. Digital. [Symbol: dram]iii. coque in. aq.
fontan. [Symbol: ounce]xii. ad [Symbol: ounce]vi. cola et
adde. aq. juniper. comp. [Symbol: ounce]ii. sacchar. alb.
[Symbol: ounce]ss. m. cap. cochlear. i. larg. 4tis horis.

She took about three parts of the medicine before any effect took
place. The first was sickness, succeeded by a considerable discharge
of urine. She continued the medicine till the whole was consumed,
which caused a good deal of sickness for three or four days.

I saw her again on the 12th. The quantity of urine was much increased,
and the swelling diminished. Pulse and breathing better.

R. Fol. sicc. Digital. G. assafetid. aa [Symbol: dram]i.
calomel. pp. gr. x. sp. lavand. comp. q. s. fiat pilul.
xxxii. cap. ii. omni nocte hora somni.

A plentiful discharge of urine attended the use of these pills, and
she got perfectly free from her dropsical complaints.

_March_ 15th she was delivered: had a good labour, was treated as is
usual, except in not having her breasts drawn, not intending see
should suckle her child, being in so reduced a state. Continued going
on well till the 18th, when she was seized with very violent pains
across her loins, at times so violent as to make her cry out as much
as labour pains. Enema cathartic. Fot. papav. applied to the part.

R. Pulv. ipecacoan. gr. vi. opii. gr. iv. syr. q. s. fiat
pilul. vi. capt. i. 2da quaque hora durante dolore.

R. Julep, e camphor, sp. minder. aa [Symbol: ounce]ii. capt.
cochlear, i. larg. post singul. pilul.

19th. Breathing short, unable to lie down, very irregular low pulse
scarcely to be felt, fainty, and a universal cold sweat: no appetite
nor thirst, spasmodic pains at times across the loins very violent,
but not so frequent as on the preceding day.

R. Gum ammoniac, assafetid. aa [Symbol: dram]i. camphor. gr. xii. fiat
pilul. 24. capt. ii. 3tia quaque hora in cochlear. i