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

  • Roupell, George Leith, 1797-1854
Date:
1839
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Credit: Short treatise on typhus fever / [George Leith Roupell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i bowels ; she sank in a few clays. On examina¬ tion, extensive ulceration of the intestines was found, as also petechise on the internal serous membranes, a bloody serum was effused into the pericardium, fluid was poured into the ventricles, and, mingled with air, was deposited between the pia mater and arachnoid membrane. Air was also seen in the vessels of the brain, the substance of which appeared of a darker colour than natural. That pus when mingled with the blood is capable of producing great commotion in the system, has been proved by Mr. Gulliver, who has lately paid much attention to the state of the blood in inflammatory diseases, and to the effects resulting from introduction of matter into the cir¬ culation. In an important paper by him, read at a meeting of the Royal Society on the 14th of June, 1838, he detailed many experiments made on this subject, and informs us of the conclusion derived from his experience that pus can be detected in almost every instance, either of extensive sup- puration or great inflammatory swelling with- out a visible deposition of it in any of the tex- tures of the body.” In several experiments made by the injection of it into the veins, the pleura, or the peritonaeum of animals, a febrile state was quickly excited, proving fatal in many instances: pus, however, was found mixed with the blood in every case in which that fluid was analised or examined. Mr. Gulliver also men¬ tions that it is very easy to see the globules when mixed with the blood, the addition of a little water and a good microscope being all