14th. Continues to make water freely. The swellings of his legs have
gradually decreased; soreness and tension of the abdomen considerably
less.

Omittant. pil. cap. mistur. c. decoct. Digitalis. &c. 3tia
quaque hora ad 3tiam vicem.

15th. Made a pint and a half of water last night, without being in the
least sick, and is in every respect considerably better. Repet.
Pillul. ut antea.

21st. Makes water as usual when in health, and the swellings are
entirely gone.

R. Infus. amar. [Symbol: ounce]v. tinctur. Rhei spirit.
[Symbol: ounce]ii. spirit vitriol. dulc. [Symbol: dram]ii.
syr. zinzib. [Symbol: dram]vi. m. cap. cochl. iii. larg. ter
in die.

He soon gained sufficient strength to enable him to go a journey, and
returned home in much better health than he had been from the time he
was affected with the paralytic stroke, and excepting some return of
his asthmatic complaint in the winter, hath continued so ever since.

CASE II.

R---- Howgate, a man much addicted to intemperance, particularly in
the use of spirituous liquors, AEt. 60, was admitted into the Hospital
near Birmingham, _May_ 17, 1783. He complained of difficulty of
breathing, attended with cough, particularly troublesome on lying
down; drowsiness and frequent dozing, from which he was roused by
startings, accompanied with great anxiety and oppression about the
breast; oedematous swellings of the legs; constant desire to make
water, which he passed with difficulty, and only by drops; pulse weak
and irregular; body rather costive; face much emaciated; no appetite
for food.--Cap. pil. scil. iii. ter in die.[6]

[Footnote 6: R. Rad. scil. recent. sapon. castiliens. pulv.
Rhei opt. aa. [Symbol: scruple]i. ol. junip. gutt. xvi. syr.
bals. q. s. f. mass. in pil. xxiv. divid.]

_May_ 20th. The pills have had no effect.--Cap. mistur. c.[7] Decoct.
Digital. &c. cochl. ii. larg. 3tia quaque hora, ad 3tiam vicem.

[Footnote 7: Prepared in the same manner as in the former
case.]

_May_ 21st. Made near two quarts of water in the night, without being
in the least sick. He continued the use of the mixture three times in
the day till the 30th, and made about three pints of water daily, by
which means the swellings were entirely taken away; and his other
complaints so much relieved, that on the 6th of June he was dismissed
free from complaint, except a slight cough. But returning