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Hagley. Her disease appeared to me to be an ovarium dropsy. In other
respects she was in perfect health. I directed the Digitalis to be
given, and gradually pushed so as to affect her very considerably. It
was done; but the patient still carries her big belly, and is
otherwise very well.

CASE CXI.

_May_ 25th. Mr. G----, AEt. 28. In the last stage of a pulmonary
consumption of the scrophulous kind, took an Infusion of Digitalis,
but without any advantage.

CASE CXII.

_May_ 31st. Mr. H----, AEt 27. In the last stage of a phthisis
pulmonalis became dropsical. He took half a pint of the Infusum
Digitalis in six days, but without any sensible effect.

CASE CXIII.

_June_ 3d. Master B----, of D----, AEt. 6. With an universal anasarca,
had an extremely troublesome cough. An opiate was given to quiet the
cough at night, and 2 tea spoonfuls of Infus. Digit. were ordered
every six hours. The dropsy was presently removed; but the cough
continued, his flesh wasted, his strength failed, and some weeks
afterwards he died tabid.

CASE CXIV.

_June_ 19th. Mrs. L----, AEt. 28. A dropsy in the last stage of a
phthisis. Infusum Digitalis was tried to no purpose.

CASE CXV.

_June_ 20th. Mrs. H----, AEt. 46. A very fat, short woman; had suffered
severely through the last winter and spring from what had been called
asthma; but for some time past an universal anasarca prevailed, and
she had not lain down for several weeks. After trying vitriolic acid,
tincture of cantharides, squills, &c. without advantage, she took half
a pint of Infus. Digitalis in three days. In a week afterwards the
dropsical symptoms disappeared, her breath became easy, her appetite
returned, and she recovered perfect health. The infusion neither
occasioned sickness nor purging.

CASE CXVI.

_June_ 24th. Mrs. B----, AEt. 40. A puerperal fever, and swelled legs
and thighs. The fever not yielding to the usual practice, I directed
an Infusion of Fol. Digitalis. It proved diuretic; the swellings
subsided, but the fever continued, and a few days afterwards a
diarrhoea coming on, she died.

CASE CXVII.

_July_ 22d. Mr. F----, AEt. 48. A strong man, of a florid complexion,
in consequence of intemperance became dropsical, with sympt