_Women
in France during the Eighteenth Century_ appeared in 1850, _Nathalie_ the
same year. In the succeeding years she wrote innumerable stories and
biographical sketches.
{173} It runs thus:--
'_December_ 9_th_, 1848.
'The patient, respecting whose case Dr. Epps is consulted, and for
whom his opinion and advice are requested, is a female in her 29th
year. A peculiar reserve of character renders it difficult to draw
from her all the symptoms of her malady, but as far as they can be
ascertained they are as follows:--
Her appetite failed; she evinced a continual thirst, with a craving for
acids, and required a constant change of beverage. In appearance she
grew rapidly emaciated; her pulse--the only time she allowed it to be
felt--was found to be 115 per minute. The patient usually appeared worse
in the forenoon, she was then frequently exhausted and drowsy; toward
evening she often seemed better.
'Expectoration accompanies the cough. The shortness of breath is
aggravated by the slightest exertion. The patient's sleep is
supposed to be tolerably good at intervals, but disturbed by
paroxysms of coughing. Her resolution to contend against illness
being very fixed, she has never consented to lie in bed for a single
day--she sits up from 7 in the morning till 10 at night.
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