On scarlatina, in a letter addressed to his son : in which is contained cases of angina sine efflorescentia, scarlatina anginosa, benigna, maligan vel angina gangrenosa, and their sequelae : also, observations on various therapeutic agents that have been employed in the treatment of scarlatina / by William Ingalls.

  • Ingalls, William, 1769-1851.
Date:
1837
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Credit: On scarlatina, in a letter addressed to his son : in which is contained cases of angina sine efflorescentia, scarlatina anginosa, benigna, maligan vel angina gangrenosa, and their sequelae : also, observations on various therapeutic agents that have been employed in the treatment of scarlatina / by William Ingalls. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LETTER. To WILLIAM INGALLS, Jr., M. D. Princeton, Dec. 19th, 1836. My Dear Doctor, It may not be unacceptable to you to receive a narrative of tbree cases of Scarlatina, which have recently occurred in our family. Alice, John and a child of one of our domestics, were attacked on three successive Thursdays. Your affectionate father, WILLIAM INGALLS. ANGINA SINE EFFLORESCENTIA. Your sister Alice, aged eight years, was seized in the morn- ing, October 27th, 1836. The disease was ushered in by cephalalgia ; anorexia ; soreness of the throat; diarrhoea; nausea ; great prostration of strength ; fever. The relax and nausea continuing through the greater part of the day, in the evening an emetic [R. vini ipecacuanhas, § ss.] was admin- istered* which had the effect of evacuating the digestive canal thoroughly ; the medicine continuing to operate during the night. October 28th. Cephalalgia, nausea and diarrhoea had ceased; deglutition painful; [on inspection an erythematic