On scarlatina : in a letter addressed to his son, in which is contained cases of angina sine efflorescentia, scarlatina anginosa, benigna, maligna vel angina gangrenosa, and their sequelae : also, observations on various therapeutic agents that have been employed in the treatment of scarlatina / by William Ingalls.

  • Ingalls, William, 1769-1851.
Date:
1837
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Credit: On scarlatina : in a letter addressed to his son, in which is contained cases of angina sine efflorescentia, scarlatina anginosa, benigna, maligna vel angina gangrenosa, and their sequelae : also, observations on various therapeutic agents that have been employed in the treatment of scarlatina / by William Ingalls. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    varicella ; John had never been exposed to the varicellous in- fection, but had recently labored under the disease. I shall hereafter give you an account of the case. The three have -had the whooping cough. SEQ,UELiE. Defluxion from the head accompanied with .cough; excoriations of the anterior nostrils, upper lip and •corners of the mouth ; great tenderness of the feet occasioned by the absence of the cuticle which had exfoliated in flakes, were the only complaints consecutive to scarlatina under which your brother and sister labored ; and while these affec- tions continued, their sufferings were by no means inconsidera- ble. The cough being altogether adventitious, and not by any means necessarily connected with the exanthem of which we are treating, aggravated the sufferings of the patients. There are, however, other sequelae to which it may not be uninter- esting or uninstructive to advert. Sloughing of a Portion of the Velum Palati and Uvula. It has been my habit, as soon as a patient has so far recovered as, in my opinion, not to require my services any farther, to discontinue my visits ; and in this way, many sequelce may have taken place without my knowledge. This was partic- ularly the case with a gentleman whose family I have attended a great many years. In the course of conversation he informed me I had attended him with the canker rash, the term made use of in this city, and is synonymous with scarlatina ; and it was in consequence of the sore throat that he had lost the natural intonations of his voice. His articulation is nasal, harsh and unpleasant. [Since writing the above, I have seen the patient last referred to, and was told by him he had the distemper in the month of June, 1801 — and that he turned black at the time.]