tite none; extremely weak;
confined to his bed. Had taken many medicines from his apothecary
without advantage. I ordered him decoction of Digitalis, and a
cordial; but he survived only a few days.

CASE XV.

_March_ 13th. Mr. M----, AEt. 54. A thorax greatly deformed; asthma
through the winter, succeeded by dropsy in belly and legs. Pulse very
small; face leaden coloured; cough almost continual. Decoction of
seneka was directed, and small doses of Dover's powder at night.

17th. Gum-ammoniac and squill, with elixir paregor. at night.--26th,
Squill and decoction of seneka.--30th, His complaints still
increasing, decoction of Digitalis was then directed, which relieved
him in a few days; but his complaints returned again, and he died in
the month of _June_.

CASE XVI.

_August_ 18th. Mr. B----, AEt. 33. Pulmonary consumption and dropsy.
The Digitalis, and that failing, other diuretics were used, in hopes
of gaining some relief from the distress occasioned by the dropsical
symptoms; but none of them were effectual. He was then attended by
another physician, and died in about two months.

CASE XVII.

_September_ 21st. Mrs. M---- W---- G----, AEt. 50. An ovarium dropsy.
She took half a pint of Infus. Digitalis, which made her sick, but did
not increase the quantity of urine. She was afterwards relieved by
tapping.

CASE XVIII.

_October_ 28th. R---- W----, AEt. 33. Ascites and universal anasarca;
countenance quite pale and bloated; appetite none, and the little food
he forces down is generally rejected.

R. Fol. Digit. purp. siccat. [Symbol: dram]iii.
Aq. bull. [Symbol: pound]i. digere per horas duas, et colat. adde aq.
junip. comp. [Symbol: ounce]iii.

He was directed to take one ounce of this infusion every two hours
until it should make him sick. This was on Wednesday. The fifth dose
made him vomit. On Thursday afternoon he vomited again very freely,
without having taken any more of the medicine. On Friday and Saturday
he made more water than he had done for a week before, and the
swellings of his face and body were considerably abated. He was
directed to omit all medicine so long as the urine continued to flow
freely, and also to keep an account of the quantity he made in
twenty-four hours.

These were his reports:

_October_ 31st. Saturday, 5 half pints.