Fat and blood : an essay on the treatment of certain forms of neurasthenia and hysteria / by S. Weir Mitchell.

  • Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Fat and blood : an essay on the treatment of certain forms of neurasthenia and hysteria / by S. Weir Mitchell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which I am unable to account for, was the for- mation on the anterior surface of the legs, ex- tending from below the patellae half-way down the tibiae, of two large sacs of thin fluid, con- taining, I should say, each a pint or more, freely fluctuating, and quite painless. I left them alone, and they have spontaneously disappeared.” “ In May, 1880,1 saw with Dr. Julius, of Hast- ings, an unmarried lady, aged thirty-one. Her history was that she had been in fairly good health until five years ago, when, during her mother’s illness, she overtaxed her strength in nursing, since which time she has been a con- stant invalid, suffering from backache, bearing down, inability to walk, disordered menstruation, and the usual train of uterine symptoms. She used to get a little better on going to the sea-side, but soon became ill again, and in October, 1879, she was completely laid up. The least standing or walking brought on severe pain in her back and side, and she gave up the attempt, and had since remained entirely confined to her bed or sofa, suffering from constant nausea, complete loss of appetite, and depending on chloral and morphia for relief. Many efforts had been made to break her of this habit, but in vain. Her