I suffered from neuralgic pains in different
parts of my body, my muscles became sore, my bowels were
constipated, and my prospects for recovery were not very
flattering. I stated my case to another physician, and he
advised me to take five to ten drops of Magende's solution of
morphine, two or three times a day, for the weakness and
distress in my stomach, and a blue pill every other night to
relieve the constipation. The morphine produced such a
deathly nausea that I could not take it, and the blue pill
failed to relieve my constipation.
In this condition I passed nearly a year, wholly unfit for
business, while the effort to think was irksome and painful.
My blood became impoverished, and I suffered from incapacity
with an appalling sense of misery and general apprehension of
coming evil. I passed sleepless nights and was troubled with
irregular action of the heart, a constantly feverish
condition, and the most excruciating tortures in my stomach,
living for days on rice water and gruel, and, indeed, the
digestive functions seemed to be entirely destroyed.
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