A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or, cowhage, internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms. To which are added, observations on other anthelmintic medicines of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine.

Date:
1785
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Credit: A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or, cowhage, internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms. To which are added, observations on other anthelmintic medicines of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CASE VI. A young lady, aged 13, (the daughter of a gentleman in Kingfton) had from her in- fancy been very much fubjedt to worms, for which £he had taken various medicines at dif- ferent times. About the month of Julyv 1779, £he was fuddenly feized with convul- iions, as £he was fitting at tea. The ufual remedies, fuch as fp. hartfhorn, afafoetida, &c. were applied, which relieved her for a time. She had been very much indulged in eating green fruity unripe corn, and the like trafh. She had a hard tenfe belly, cough, and a moft voracious appetite. Her breath, and urine, were uncommonly foetid, and the latter ftained her linen of a light faffron colour. Her ftools had been very irregular; fometimes fhe was reduced by a diarrhoea, and at other times, an obftinate coftivenefs occafioned fevere pains in her head. She complained very frequently of griping pains about the um- bilical region i had a quick, low pulfe; her eyes had a peculiar deadnefs; but the young P 4 lady.