DECUBITUS • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Decubitus

... throat in a morning; was costive, and made but little water, which was high coloured; the pulse very weak, and his breath exceeding bad. June 17th. R. Argent, viv [Symbol: dram]i. cons. cynosbat. [Symbol: scruple]ii. fol. Digital. pulv. gr. xv. f. pil. xxiv. capt. ii. omni nocte hora decubitus. He was likewise purged by a bolus of argent. viv. jallap, Digit. elaterium and calomel, which was repeated on the fourth day, to the third time. From June 17th to the 29th, the symptoms were mostly removed, making water freely, and having plenty of stools; in a week after he was perfectly well, ...

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