A singular variety of chorea sanct. Vit. considerably relived by the use of the argentum nitratum / by Thomas Hall.

  • Hall, Thomas.
Date:
1799
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Credit: A singular variety of chorea sanct. Vit. considerably relived by the use of the argentum nitratum / by Thomas Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    continuing for a much longer time, and very fenfibly increafed in degree. This increafed violence of the difeafe was, foon afterwards, fucceeded by an extenfive radi, fpreading over various parts of the body, fignificantly exprelfed by her father, “ as if caufed by the lafhes of thongsduring which time (nearly half a year) every appearance of her former complaint feemed to have va- nilhed. This fufpenfion, however, of the pri- mary difeafe, was but tranfitory. No fooner h^d the eruption difappeared, than the convul- fions again returned, to a Hill greater degree of violence, occurring at that time, not feldomer than fix or feven times in the courfe of the week. In the fpace of a few months, fhe was fud- denly affected with a fwelling in her legs, at- tended with confiderable inflammation ; which alfo had the effect of producing a pleafant, though but temporary relief. This fwelling having, through the affiftance of a furgeon in the neighbournood, greatly fubiided ; her convulfions again returned, at much fhorter fhorter intervals, and to a much greater ex- tent,