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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    to be exposed to atmospheric vicissitudes not only during the course of the disease but while they were in a state of convalescence, w^ere imperative ; and their observance may have been the means of preventing the invasion of this se- quela. Rheumatism, Erysipelas, Roseola. These are sequelae to Scarlatina of which I have no practical knowledge. But in an interesting discourse on Self-Limited Diseases, by Jacob Bigelow, Professor of Materia Medica in Harvard University : delivered before the Massachusetts Medical So- ciety, under note E. page 352, are the following passages: Rheumatic affections are among the most common. Ery- sipelas and Roseola are among the appearances which I have seen to supervene upon this uncertain disease. 0BSEB.VATI0NS ON VARIOUS REMEDIES. Venesection. In the treatment of Scarlatina, I am de- cidedly opposed to the detraction of blood by the lancet or Jeeches. In severe cases it is a very hazardous practice. In the inflammatory stage of the disease, the concomitant fever must be of a very high grade to render it necessary to employ these modes of depletion, and then it should be resorted to with great reserve and at the very onset of the distemper, or not at all. In the whole course of my practice in Scarlatina, I have never employed blood-letting, either general or local; and I do not recollect a single instance in which I have had reason to regret the omission. It may be proper to state my practice has been chiefly within the city of Boston. As the situation of a place, and of course, its climate and soil, the