On the treatment of acute rheumatism by salicylate of soda.

  • Sharkey, Seymour John (Sir)
Date:
1878
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Credit: On the treatment of acute rheumatism by salicylate of soda. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    The following may be taken as an example of a successful case. (See Temperature Chart I.) James F—, set. 27, was admitted into Charity Ward, under Dr. Bristowe, on January 12th, 1878. He had had four previous attacks of rheumatic fever, the first at the age of seventeen, and the last a year ago. He had always had good health in the intervals between the attacks, and had never suflPered from symptoms of cardiac disease. During the month previous to admission he had had a cough Chart I. Date.—January 12 13 14 15 Day of disease 6 7 8 9 Salicylate of soda. N.B.—The period of taking salicylate is indicated by a double line. and cold, and six days before admission be was seized with pains in the ankles, which subsequently affected the knees, shoulders, and left arm. On the night of the 12th he had no sleep on account of pain in the joints, and on the morning of the 13th he had pain in the ankles, knees, shoulders, left elbow, and wrist, and all these joints were somewhat swollen. The tongue was thickly furred, white, and moist; the bowels had been confined for three days; the appetite was bad, and the patient very thirsty