Lectures on the distinctive characters, pathology, and treatment of continued fevers, delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London / by Alexander Tweedie.

  • Tweedie, Alexander, 1794-1884.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Lectures on the distinctive characters, pathology, and treatment of continued fevers, delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London / by Alexander Tweedie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. latroduction.— General observations on epidemica.—Classification of continued fevers.—Tables showing tlie prevalence of the diffe- rent forms—mean age and sex of each form—mortality of each form—identity or non-identity of typhus and enteric fever con- sidered.—Analogy between these two forms and the exanthe- matous or eruptive fevers pp. 1—49 ENTERIC FEVEE. Synonyms.—Anatomy of the intestinal glands. — Symptoms of enteric fever—of the mild form—of the more severe.—Symp- toms considered in detail—in the nervous system—in the gastric organs.—Complications or secondary affections.—Latent enteric fever.—Duration of the disease pp. 50—96 PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY OF ENTEEIC FEVEE. Lesions in the pharynx—oesophagus—stomach—duodenum—ileum —colon—mesenteric glands—mesocolic glands—spleen—liver— kidneys—salivary glands—submaxillary and sublingual glands— brain—medulla spinalis pp. 97—135 TYPHUS FEVEE. Nature of typhus—invasion and progress of the Symptoms—typhus eruption—cerebral symptoms—muscular system—organs of the senses—the pulse—temperature—digestive and excretory system —Complications or secondary affections—of the brain—of the pulmonary organs—bronchitis —pneumonia —pulmonary gan- grene—pleurisy—the heart—duration—crisis and critical days —pathological anatomy—absence of lesions in the alimentary canal—changes in the blood—diagnosis .... pp. 136—180