Short treatise on typhus fever / [George Leith Roupell].

  • Roupell, George Leith, 1797-1854
Date:
1839
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    sirable evenly for instance in erysipelas; as when matter is detected, and pus let out, the disor¬ der seems to have reached its acme, and then declines. Gangrene, We admit that gangrene is one of the termina¬ tions of inflammation, and such undoubtedly it is, but our admission is perhaps made without consi¬ dering what is the character or seat of the inflam¬ mation which leads to such a consequence. Gan¬ grene or sphacelation, to a greater or less extent, is a very common incident in typhus, but it is not the most intense inflammation which tends to produce this result; if indeed we consider that inflammation to be the most intense, which ex¬ hibits deep redness, considerable swelling, occu¬ pies a large space, and produces urgent consti¬ tutional symptoms; and if we understand by gangrene or mortification, the cold, black, foetid mass which animal matter exhibits when deprived of vitality. An illustration of this statement is afforded by erysipelas, which exhibits occasionally the most intense degree of inflammation, and assumes the most virulent character, without any tendency to slough. I have seen the face swelled to double its natural size, and of a deep red colour, the eyes closed, the nose stopped, the lips protruded, greatly enlarged and hideously dis¬ figuring the countenance, the tongue so swollen as to impede deglutition, local symptoms of the