On dentition, and some coincident disorders / by John Ashburner.

  • John Ashburner
Date:
1834
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Credit: On dentition, and some coincident disorders / by John Ashburner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    spirits. Vomited the oil this morning'. Has had no motion. Pulse 96, soft; tongue cleaner. The mother is confi- dent he will get well: she asks why he picks with his fore-finger so much ? The nostrils are sore from being picked, and yet the boy continues at them. At eight in the evening, the boy is said to be better in every respect, except that, within the last two hours, he has been very drowsy, and the skin was ra- ther hot. He is now asleep, and is per- spiring- abundantly. He h thumb in his mouth. One motion to-day, dark and offensive. He coughsless frequently. 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th.—The boy has continued much the same; picking, starting-, moaning, perspiring, every night. He has had rhubarb and magnesia, mercurial and chalk powder with scammony, and once calomel. 16th, at four in the afternoon, I find him with strabismus of the right eye: its pupil dilated. In the left eye, the pupil dilates and contracts very irregu- larly. Deep sighing. Pain in the right hypochondrium, increased on pres- sure. Wandering, anxious, restless ex- pression of countenance. Awoke seve- ral times last night screaming. Pulse very irregular. Tongue raspberry and r 2