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For several years past, especially in the summer-season
has been affected with frequent Nausea in ye mornings,
and want of appetite; heartburn thro the day, & [spouting?]
up ↑of↑ a liquor generally acid, but sometimes Saltish, or insipid.
These comps. were never so grievous as to require a change
of his diet, which was pretty full, or make medicines ne¬
cessary till the end of last March, when they occasion'd
an aversion to, especially animal, food, as well as an almost
total loss of appetite, watchfulness in the night with
a tendency to deliquium animi upon rising in the morning
& depression of spirits thro the day; a sense of uneasiness
& lassitude, especially in the small of his back when sit¬
ing unsopported; an obtuse pain in his left side, almost
constant, but changing its seat between the os Ilium &
third false rib: besides he had a præternatural flow of
saliva; cold extremities; frequent startings in difft. parts
of his body, but, more especially in the left side, ab¬
domen, & superior extremities between the shoulders, el¬
bow-joints; partial & freqt. night sweats; Tinnitus of ye
left ear, excited sometimes by walking, but more fre¬
quently remov'd by it, when excited by attention, & siting
up these gave him apprehensions of being seiz'd with
Hypoconds., which he feard more than Hysteria
Atonic gout, or Dyspepsy. Upon inspecting his urine, he
found it free of sandy matter which he pass'd without pain
very frequently, & on very small quantity, he found it
free of sandy matter pale color'd & without sediment sio but
having gold color'd particles swiming on the surface & fixed to
the glass. In such circumstances by the advice of Dr. Monro he
began to use limewater & milk skinn'd after standing, with water
added, instead of Tea; weak bitters of 2 parts Chamomile & 1 of Peruv.
bark; & cold bathing in the Sea water occasionally. He
found bread & milk prepard as above, the most easily digesti¬
ble food, & flesh meat, even lean, & in small quantity, very uneasy.
On this regimen very much he since liv'd using no recent ve¬
getable but Potatoes & geting better gradually tho slowly till
August; he then Botany being finish'd, bath'd more frequently
using Elixir of Vitriol, Bark & Chalybeates, which [seem'd?]
to accelerate his recovering for about seven weeks; when he
observ'd the spermatic cord of the left side becoming varicose
to a slight degree, which he endeavourd to obviate by Saccha¬

Case of a Student
Novr. ---- 78

Case of a Student
Novr. -- 78