Statistical report on the Edinburgh epidemic fever of 1843-44 / by A. Halliday Douglas, M.D.

  • Douglas, A. Halliday (Andrew Halliday), 1819-1908.
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[©1844?]
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Credit: Statistical report on the Edinburgh epidemic fever of 1843-44 / by A. Halliday Douglas, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table, showing the Relation of the Duration of the Relapse to the Date of its Accession. Second Crisis occurred on Total Cases relapsing. day arter relapse on particular days] 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th bth 7th after attack. Relapse occurred on 9th day after attack 1 1 10th 1 1 1 3 11th 2 1 3 12th 1 3 1 5 13th 2 3 5 8 2 l 19 14th 3 10 8 ii 29 15th 3 3 8 1 1 14 16th 1 2 2 3 3 1 12 17th 2 2 2 6 18th 1 2 3 19th 1 1 2 4 20th I 1 21st 1 1 28th 1 1 27th 1 1 28th 1 1 2 Total 3 18 23 32 23 4 2 105 In addition to the 105 cases from which the preceding table has been constructed, there are, of the 140 in which the relapse is reported, 7 cases in which this crisis occurred—on the third day of the relapse, 2 ; on the fourth day, 2 ; on the fifth day, 2 ; on the eighth or ninth day, 1. These cases cannot be entered in the table, in consequence of my being unable to determine the precise day of the attack on which the relapse occurred. The duration of this relapse, or the date of its crisis in relation to that of its accession, is shown in 112 cases; the average date of the crisis on the whole of these cases is the third day, reckoned from the day of relapse. In 105 of these 112 cases, the day of the attack on which the second crisis occurred can be easily reckoned from the preceding table. I shall not therefore state this calculation, but proceed at once to the second head, The Date of the Second Crisis in relation to Sex.—It must be distinctly understood that the term date throughout this section is applied to the day of the second crisis reckoned from the day of the relapse. Of the 112 cases in which the date of this crisis is ascertained, there are 67 males, 45 females. 1. The 3 cases which presented the second crisis on the first day of the relapse are all males. This gives, as the frequency of this second crisis ou the first day, 4’3 per cent, for males. 2. Of the 18 cases which presented the second crisis on the second day, 13 are males, 5 females. This gives as the frequency on this day, 19‘4 per cent, for males, 11 for females. 3. Of the 25 cases which presented this crisis on the third day, 19 are males, 6 females. This gives as the frequency of this crisis on this day, 28'3 per cent, for males, 13-2 for females. 4. Of the 34 cases which presented this crisis on the fourth