Case VIII
March 11th. Mrs. H——, Æt. 32. A few days after a tedious labour, had her legs and thighs swelled to a very great degree; pale and semi-transparent,5 with pain in both groins. After a purge of calomel and rhubarb, ung. merc. was ordered to be rubbed upon the groins, and the following decoction was directed:
R. Fol. Digital. purp. recent. ℥ii.
Aq. puræ. ℔i. coque ad ℔iss et colatur. adde.
Aq. cinn. sp. ℥iv. M. capiat. cyath. vinos. parv. bis quotidie.
The decoction presently increased the secretion of urine, and abated the distension of the legs: in a fortnight the swelling was gone; but some days after leaving her bed, her legs swelled again about the ancles, which was removed by another bottle of the decoction on the 21st of April.