... degree of pressure, and often insisted upon takingher medicine sooner than I thought it necessary. After the 26th of March the degree of effusion wasinconsiderable, and at the time of her death ... standard of health.CASE XLVIII.August 17th. T B , Esq. of K , Æt. 46. Jaundice, dropsy, and great hardness in the region of the liver.Infusion of Digitalis carried off all the effusion, and ... 47. A man of strong fibre, and the remains of a florid complexion. Hisdisease an ascites and swelled legs, the consequence of a very free course of life; he had been once tapped, and taken much...