Verdict of coroners' juries : the case of the late Mr. Cordwell / by P. F. Curie.

  • Curie, Paul Francis, 1799-1853.
Date:
1845
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    T 17 vinegar, and placed the head low; I also directed the nurse strictly to void moving the patient. Two drops of lachesis were immediately prepared in ten tea- spoons of water, a tea-spoonful to be given, first, every hour, and afterwards every two or four hours according to the decrease of the haemorrhage. After this, at half-past nine in the evening, I found the patient in a less alarming state. The haemorrhage had much diminished, and the faintness, though frequent, was neither so great nor so constant. The voice also was better, and the face less pallid. The tongue was too pale and dry, and there was still thirst. The pulse was a little stronger. On asking the patient if he could assign any cause for his present state, he said, that he had continued very much better during the whole of the preceding morning; but that, having been thrown into a passion by a disappointment or annoyance he had met with, he had become worse from that moment, and he was satisfied that it had caused the haemorrhage.* I ordered lachesis to be continued, and recommended the greatest quietude. I directed also that as soon as the haemorrhage should cease some beef-tea might be given—a tea-spoonful or two at a time every two hours; but that, in case it should be found to disagree with the patient, it should be discontinued immediately. 2nd March.—This morning the patient was found in a much more satisfactory state. As soon as I entered the room he said, “ Doctor, I have not fainted since you left me.” The pulse was stronger, about 75, and the face less pallid, denoting a much better condition. He had slept a little during the night. The beef tea had not yet been given, on account of a little oozing of blood from the anus. Lachesis was to be continued at longer intervals. I ordered the patient to be cleaned without his being moved, and I recommended rest of the strictest kind, and that no visitor should disturb him. The beef tea was to be given as soon as the bleeding had entirely * Appendix.—Cause of haemorrliage. B