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Foreign News
December 31, 1784
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Norwich, a woman underwent tapping for dropsy 80 times from 1757 until her recent death, losing 662 pints of fluid, as reported to London's Medical Society.
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Oct. 22. An ingenious surgeon at Norwich has lately transmitted to the Medical Society in London, a very extraordinary case of a dropsy of a woman of character in that city. She first underwent the operation of tapping, so long since as the year 1757, and afterwards had recourse to it, three, four, or five times in a year, to her death, which happened a short time since. In that space she cheerfully underwent the operation eighty times, and lost 662 pints of fluid. This curious case is well authenticated, and shews in a striking manner, how very long life may be sustained under the pressure of a fatal disease.
What sub-type of article is it?
Medical Case
What keywords are associated?
Norwich
Dropsy
Tapping Operation
Medical Society London
Long Term Disease
Where did it happen?
Norwich
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Norwich
Event Date
From 1757 To A Short Time Since
Outcome
underwent operation eighty times, lost 662 pints of fluid, death
Event Details
An ingenious surgeon at Norwich transmitted to the Medical Society in London an extraordinary case of dropsy in a woman of character in that city. She first underwent tapping in 1757 and then three, four, or five times a year until her death a short time since. The case is well authenticated.