Letter 0049

Patient Details

• Patient info
  Name: Mrs. Holdsworth
  Gender:
  Age:
• Description
• Diagnosis

  His wife is worried that pain in her anal area might be piles. Sloane's prescription: "tinct. cum. fl. sulpha."

• Treatment
  Previous Treatment:

  See ff. 252 and 247 for initial descriptions of the patient and Sloane's previous prescriptions.

  
  Ongoing Treatment:

  Thanked Sloane for his good care of her when she was in London. She had since followed his prescriptions. Lady Middleton had provided them with a got and ass so Mrs Holdsworth could drink milk,

  
  Response:

  The milk disagreed with her and she left them off. She was still in pain when bearing down and had frequent urges to urinate, but little emerged. Her stomach "grows weaker and weaker" and she had a cough, though she slept better.

• More information
• Medical problem reference
  Coughs, Haemorrhoids, Stomach, Stone, Urinary