A treatise on the infantile remittent fever / By William Butter.

  • Butter, William, 1726-1805.
Date:
1806
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the infantile remittent fever / By William Butter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    re;fembles the acute in every thing, ex- cept that the head is more afFe6led, even fometimes to a degree of raving, and one or other of the excretions is always re- markably increafed. After this the pa- tient becomes quieter than ufual, fays little, complains of nothing, and is not difpofed to anfvver queftions. He feldom afks for any thing ; but, in general, takes his food or drink when it is offered to him. The trunk of his body keeps to one pof- ture; and he rarely moves his lower limbs; but his arms or hands are almoft always in motion when he is awake. Sometimes he is flinging about his arms; fometimes he lies with his hands ftretched down on the lower part of his belly, and his knees drawn up. At other times he is much employed in picking not only his nofe and lips, but even his tongue, eyes, and other parts of his face, till they become fore and chopped. And he gapes that he C 3 may