Acute cerebral meningitis, or hydrocephalus / by C. Evans Reeves.

  • Reeves, C. E. (Charles Evans), 1828-1880.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Acute cerebral meningitis, or hydrocephalus / by C. Evans Reeves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    given internally. Tlic 2nd and 3rd days were passed without any marked improvement. The croton-oil liniment had to be applied several times before an eruption could be produced. On the 4th day it had produced the desired effect. The symptoms from this time began to subside. A large quantity of urine was passed on the 2nd and 3rd days ; but tJie skin did not become moist until the 5th. On the 6th it was covered with a copious papilary eruption. On the 10th day sensibility was completely restored. The convalescence was slow, and twice there was a tendency to relapse. XXXIII. Suppression of Menstrual Discharge, followed bi/ Fever ; Exposure to Wet followed hy Aggravation of the Symp- toms and Meningitis.—Cure.—F., aged 17, from sudden suppres- sion of the menstrual discharge was seized with slight fever, accompanied by pains in the back and limbs. In the evening of the 3rd day she went to the baths. In returning she got wet; chills followed. The heat of the body was restored with difficulty by placing her in bed, applying bottles filled with warm water to her feet, and giving her hot gin and water. 4th day—She had passed a very restless night. Fever marked; headache severe; delirium and agitation ; answered questions ; ])upils natural; urine high-coloured and scanty; bowels open ; pulse 110. Calomel every three hours ; socks and gloves saturated with mercurial ointment. 0th—Same. Gth—Same; but answered questions with difficulty, as if she did not comprehend them; pupils dilated; pulse 120, rather hard ; head hot; urine and motions passed in bed ; 10 leeches to temples, followed by blister to the nape of tlie neck, whicli was dressed with mercurial ointment. 8th—Mouth was slightly affected. On the 10th it was very sore. From this time there was an improvement in the symptoms. On the 13th the delirium had ceased; she answered questions readily, but still complained of slight headache. On the 20th day she was able to get up. XXXIV. Fever followed hy Symptoms of Cerebral Congestion, then Convulsions and Meningitis^ with Paralysis of the Left Arm and Leg.— Cure.—'^L, aged'4 years, was taken during teething with slight fever; the bowels Averc confined. On the 3rd and 4th days the child was sometimes dull, sometimes fretful and crying, and carried his hands over his head as if it was in pain ; moving or touching him aggravated the cries. On the 5lh day lie was taken with convulsions, wliich lasted from 0 to 7 minutes, and several accesses occurred during the next 14 hours, but they were not so severe as the first. At 7 a.m. on the 6th day, he presented the following state :—Stupor; face alternately flushed and pallid ; head thrown back ; respiration and pulse irregular, the former varying from 26 to 36 ; sometimes cronpy, the latter