Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846. Diary of diseases then at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, 1775. B MS b10.3, Countway Library of Medicine. (Colonial North America: Countway Library of Medicine)

Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846. Diary of diseases then at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, 1775. B MS b10.3, Countway Library of Medicine.

Notebook contains kept by Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846) while he was attending medical lectures and studying at St. Thomas's Hospital in London, England, in 1775. Waterhouse's notes include lists of symptoms to be attended to in all cases, such as checking the pulse, eyes, tongue, and urine, as well as charts of patient case histories, with the time admitted, name, age, symptoms, and medicines administered.

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Dorcas

Hemiplegia

Eliz Parana

Was seized with Hemiplegia She cant eat from great difficulty of swallowing, her pulse is frequent & small then seems to be no reason for making evacuations all the mischief that was occasiond by extravation is done already, stimulating medicines are ordered. RQ Alkali Volat gr x v tis die sumend, Epispas, Nuche, Brach A. femor

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