Practical observations on continued fever, especially that form at present existing as an epidemic : with some remarks on the most efficient plans for its suppression / by Robert Graham.

  • Graham, Robert, 1786-1845.
Date:
1818
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    with delirium, or even without this, I have no hesitation in declaring that there is inflammation within the head, or at leaist whatever doubt theo- retical speculations have suggested, and the dissection of similar cases may seem to have countenanced, I do not delay for an instant the abstraction of blood, either generally, or topically, and the other means, which alone can save life when the brain is inflamed. But it is in v/ell marked cases of this kind, that a physician has comfort in following his profession. He feels assured of his diagnosis, and, therefore, confident in his practice. Unfortunately, however, he is met by many cases, calculated to excite feelings of much greater anxiety. Cases are often met with in fever, where the head is obviously alFected, yet where the nature of that affection is extremely doubtful, where two conditions of the brain, that are thought to require the most opposite treatment, exhibit symptoms, which may be supposed to have their origin in either. I have seen many cases, where it was extremely difficult to determine from the symptoms, whe- ther there was active inflammation within the head, or a state the very reverse of this. I am unable to describe these cases otherwise, than by saying, there is a contradiction in all the appearances, which requires the closest attention, the most careful combination of evidence, and