Letter 1331

Patient Details

• Patient info
  Name: N/A Unnamed Lady
  Gender:
  Age:"young lady"
• Description

  Symptoms include: heat in the chest and throat; continual foulness of the tongue; no cough, shortness or breath of loss of appetite. Has delicate nerves, which means that she has much pain during menstruation. She is not subject to hysteric disorders or spasms.

• Diagnosis

  Sloane prescribes this time: Lac. afraica. pulv. toclar. aq. Bristol.

• Treatment
  Previous Treatment:

  Sloane wrote a letter dated July 30. She has also tried chalybeats and Aeth. min.

  
  Ongoing Treatment:

  Howman notes that they have already tried a treatment like the one suggested by Sloane.

  
  Response:

  The treatment had good success, but "has not as yet prov'd so effectual as wholly to remove the most urgent & troublesome symptomes". Chalybeates increase her heats, but Aeth. min. is agreeable.

• More information
• Medical problem reference
  Pain, Chest, Menstrual, Nerves