The Cholera Gazette, Vol. I. No. 5. Wednesday, August 8th, 1832. — John Shaqi
The Cholera Gazette, Vol. I. No. 5. Wednesday, August 8th, 1832.Various
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The Cholera Gazette, Vol. I. No. 5. Wednesday, August 8th, 1832.
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2. The evacuations by purging and vomiting, in most of the
cases continued. In some of them the purging, the discharge
from the bowels at least, was increased. Perspiration was
increased in all.
3. Yes; no less than ten of the fifteen that have been injected
up to the present day; but under such circumstances as do not
detract from the general merits of the practice: this will be
made evident by the history of the cases that will be sent by
to-morrow’s post.
4. Yes; even at the axilla in some of the cases, blueness of
the surface had taken place to a considerable extent. Five of
these patients recovered.
5. Complete suppression, I think, in all except two, and for
hours. In all the successful, and in some of the unsuccessful
cases, the effects of the injection in restoring the secretion
of urine were most evident.
6. The injections raised the temperature of the body; but in
all the successful cases, where the veins were injected, the
patients complained of cold soon after the injection.
7. Neither the blood nor the evacuations were analysed, but I
sent some of the blood of a patient that had been injected by
the veins, to Dr. Reed for analysis to-day.
8. The consecutive fever in all the patients who were injected,
has been slight.
9. No; but they were excessive in most of the cases.
10. Question ten shall be fully answered by to-morrow’s post.
ROBERT LEWINS, M. D.
_6 Quality Street, May 26th, 2 o’clock, A. M._
No. 7.
_Latest Communication from Dr. Lewins to the Secretary of the Central
Board of Health._
Sir,--The urgency of my present private and public duties
prevents me from communicating more to you to-night than the
following brief particulars of a case that occurred at the
Leith Cholera Hospital yesterday:--
A woman of about forty years of age, was admitted on Sunday
evening at 7 o’clock. She was _pulseless_, even at the axilla,
_sightlesss_, _cold_, and _blue_, over almost the whole body.
_Respiration_ very slow and irregular--in a word, she was
all but lifeless. It was feared she would be dead before the
operation of injecting could be commenced. Between 7 at night
and 2 o’clock next morning, there were thrown in two hundred
and eighty-four ounces, upwards of twenty-three pounds. The
report of her situation at 2 on Monday morning, in the hospital
book, is as follows:--“A change for the better, that appears
almost miraculous, has taken place. The action of the heart is
greatly improved; respiration not in the least laborious, but
quicker than natural; pulse 120, small, but distinct. She can
articulate distinctly; countenance natural; lips red; tongue
moist and warm; she perspires freely; heat over the whole body
natural.”
A full report of this wonderful case shall be forwarded soon.
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