Observations on the disorders of females connected with uterine irritation / By Thomas Addison.

  • Addison, Thomas, 1793-1860.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Observations on the disorders of females connected with uterine irritation / By Thomas Addison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    flexed. Respiration is slightly hurried, being about twenty-eight in the minute. Pulse 92, and small. Has frequent palpitations of the heart, generally oc- curring during sleep. Her bowels have lately been much relaxed, but are now regular ; tongue slightly furred. The ankles and legs are swollen and painful on pressure ; urine is clear and light-coloured, and does not coagulate on the application of heat.— Foveatur Abdom c. Decoc. Papaveris.—Pil. Conii c. Hydr. ter. die-—Jul. Camph. ter die. 15th.—On falling asleep is suddenly awoke with a sense of suffocation, with most acute pain under the left breast. Pulse 60, soft and quiet; bowels open; countenance quite tranquil ; abdomen ten- der on the least pressure ; has some pain in mic- turition. Rep. Fotus et Pil.—Rep. Julep Ammo- niz, ter die. 18th.—The pain of the side and abdomen in general, which had been somewhat less during the last two days, again suddenly became much more intense last night, shooting through to the back, accompanied with nausea. Pulse still remains soft. and quiet ; tongue a little more furred. 22nd.—The catamenial discharge appeared in a slight degree on the 19th, with much pain in the