MARY SULLIVAN, æt. 36. Admitted on 14th day of disease; complaint
commenced with shivering; pains in the limbs; severe head-ache.
Complains now of violent pain of the head; face pallid; expression
depressed; scarcely any sleep; abdomen tender on pressure; only one
stool for eleven days; tongue foul and dry; pulse 81, not strong;
complains, also, of pain under right mamma, preventing inspiration and
decubitus. V.S. ad ℥xij. Lotio Gelida cap. Abrad. Capillitium.
15th. Blood with firm buff; pain of head not at all relieved; pain of
back, sides, and abdomen severe; no delirium; no sleep; pulse 78, pretty
strong. Hirudines viij. temporibus. Pt. Med.
16th. Pain of head much relieved; slept very much better; pulse 66, full
and strong.
17th. Pain of head returned, exceedingly severe over the fore-part;
pulse 66, full and strong. C.C. ad ℥xij. nuchæ. Pulv. Aper. Mit. h. s.
Ol. Ricini c. m.
18th. Pain of head gone; countenance more natural; tongue more clean and
moist; pulse 76, more soft. Pt. Med.
20th. Pain of head returned; mind confused; pulse 60, strong and full.
C.C. ad ℥viij. nuchæ. Pt. Med.
21st. Pain of head gone; mind confused; pulse 66, pretty strong.
22d. Pain of head returned, but in a slighter degree; mind more confused
and dull; scarcely any sleep; tongue more foul; pulse 72, soft. Pt.
24th. No longer conscious of pain; mind quite indistinct; lies prostrate
on the back perfectly helpless; incapable of turning on the side;
occasional retching; some tenderness of abdomen on pressure; pulse 72,
strong and full.
25th. Much restlessness; aspect of countenance greatly depressed; stools
passed in bed; pulse 75.
26th. Perfectly senseless; almost constant moaning; extreme
restlessness; difficult deglutition; pulse 120.
27th. Not spoken since last report; lies prostrate on back; eyes half
open and injected; pulse 102, feeble.
29th. Died.
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