Observations on the nature and cure of dropsies : and particularly on the presence of the coagulable part of the blood in dropsical urine; to which is added, An appendix, containing several cases of angina pectoris, with dissections, &c. / By John Blackall.

  • Blackall, John, 1771-1860.
Date:
1813
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Credit: Observations on the nature and cure of dropsies : and particularly on the presence of the coagulable part of the blood in dropsical urine; to which is added, An appendix, containing several cases of angina pectoris, with dissections, &c. / By John Blackall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE V. R. B. aetat. 45, sallow and bloated skin, pulse 100, hard and redoubling;, loss of voice, dyspnoea, inability of lying on the left side; stricture about the hypochondria, abdomen swelled, but giving no decided sense of fluctuation ; frequent dark bilious discharges; oedema of the legs; eyes not tinged with bile, urine of the colour and ap- pearance of rennet whey, copious at night, precipitating at 160°. Six months before, she had been attacked with inflammatory pain of the right side, a large expectoration of bloody sanious sputa, called hepatic, and great disorder of the bowels. These symptoms had continued, though with less severity, ever since. Soon after I visited her, there came on, from no apparent cause, a violent vomiting and constipation, attended by great oppres- sion of the head. General convulsions suc- ceeded, with a permanent stupor and fixed but not dilated pupil. The bowels at length