IV. Christian Mʿewen, aged 21, had laboured under a cough, thick spitting, pain of her breast, and pains in her sides affecting her breathing, for about a twelvemonth: and after getting, by proper remedies, in a good measure free from those complaints, her cough, from catching a fresh cold, increased to a greater degree than ever, became hard and dry, and was attended with a constant difficulty of breathing, pain in her left side, and head-ach. After having been seven or eight days in this condition, she was admitted into the Royal Infirmary, January 9th, 1757. As her pulse was small, tho’ very quick, _viz._ beating 130 in a minute, I thought it unnecessary to bleed her, as from former experience I did not doubt but that blistering alone would relieve her: I ordered, therefore, a large blister to be applied to her left side, where she complained of pain, and prescribed for her the following julep: ℞ _Aqu. menth. simp. spirit. Minderer. ana_ ℥ iij. _acet. scillit._ ℥ i. _sacchar. alb._ ℥ ij. _misce; cap. coch._ ij. _ter in die_. She was also desired to breathe frequently over the steam of hot water, and to drink lintseed tea. January 10th. Her pulse beat only 112 times in a minute, and was somewhat fuller than on the 9th. The blister was not removed till late in the evening, and made a plentiful discharge. The cough having been so severe last night, as to keep her from sleep, I ordered her the following anodyne draught: ℞ _Spirit. Minderer._ ℥ ss. _acet. scillit._ ȝ i. _syr. papav. alb._ ȝ vi. _misce; cap. hor. somni._ Jan. 11th. The cough easier last night; difficulty of breathing less; pulse 108 in a minute. Ordered the anodyne draught to be repeated, and the use of the julep, with _acet. scillit._ to be continued. Jan. 12th. Pulse slower; cough and pain of the side easier; but still complains of a head-ach. Jan. 13th. Pulse 94 in a minute; cough continues easier in the night, but is troublesome in the day-time. Jan. 14th. Every way better; pulse only 80 in a minute. As her cough is still bound, ordered her, besides the medicines above-mentioned, a pectoral decoction of _rad. alth._ &c. Jan. 15th. Cough and other complaints in a great measure removed; pulse 65 in a minute. From this time her cough gave her little trouble; but on the 18th she complained of a pain in the _epigastrium_, with sickness at stomach, want of apetite, and a giddiness in her head, which were considerably relieved by a vomit, _infusum amarum_, and stomachic purges; and were almost wholly cured by the return of her menses on the 5th of February, after an interval of eight weeks.