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.

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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    3d, On the sixth day this crisis occurred in 25 cases. Of these 12 were males and 13 females. This gives, as the fre- quency with which this crisis occurred on the sixth day, amongst males, 23-27 per cent.; amongst females, 40'2 per cent. 4th, On the seventh day this crisis occurred in 27 cases; 18 of these were males, 9 females. This gives, as the frequency with which this crisis occurred on this day, amongst males 35 per cent.; and females 28 per cent. 5th, On the eighth day this crisis occurred in 9 instances; of these, 3 were males and 6 females. Nearly 6 per cent, for males, and 18 per cent, for females, is therefore the frequency with which this crisis occurred on this day. 6th, On the ninth day the crisis occurred in 4 cases; of these 3 were males and 1 female. 7th, On the tenth day this crisis occurred in 4 instances; all of which were males. This gives as the average frequency on this day, amongst men, 7‘8 per cent. The average date of this crisis in the total of these cases is, amongst the males, nearly the seventh day; and amongst the females, the sixth. From these returns, it is apparent that the days (6th and 7th) on which this crisis occurs most frequently were observed in a larger proportion amongst the female cases than amongst the male—the proportion amongst the former being 68 per cent., and the latter 58 per cent. The Date of the First Crisis in the different Periods of Life. —1 st, There were under 10 years of age 4 cases. Of these one had this crisis on the fourth day; 3 had it on the sixth day. This number is too limited to enable us to strike what may be depended upon as a just average of the date of this crisis, corresponding to this period of life. According, however, to the data, the average date is the fifth day. 2d, There were above 10 and under 20, 29 cases. In these the crisis occurred in one on the fourth day; in 5 on the fifth day ; in 13 on the sixth day ; in 7 on the seventh day; in 2 on the eighth day ; and in one on the tenth day. The average of the dates in these 29 cases is the sixth day. 3d, There were above 20 and under 30, 27 cases. In these the crisis occurred in one on the fourth day; in 5 on the fifth day ; in 6 on the sixth day ; in 10 on the seventh day ; in 2 on the eighth day ; in 2 on the ninth day ; and in one on the tenth day. The average of the dates in these 27 cases is the sixth day. 4th. There were above 30 and under 40, 8 cases. In these the crisis occurred in 2 on the sixth day ; in 3 on the seventh day; in 1 on the eighth day ; and in 2 on the tenth day. The average of the dates in these 8 cases is the seventh day.