The cholera spasmodica, as observed in Paris in 1832; comprising its symptoms, pathology, and treatment / [Ashbel Smith].

  • Smith, Ashbel, 1805-1886.
Date:
1832
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Credit: The cholera spasmodica, as observed in Paris in 1832; comprising its symptoms, pathology, and treatment / [Ashbel Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    #e In a few rare cases, I have seen very moderate epistaxis followed by the removal of some slight remains of cerebral congestion. One case of swelled parotid with suppuration, occurred in this period without promoting or hindering the march of the patient towards complete recovery. In one case an abscess formed in the left ear, discharging a whitish, turbid matter. The discharge gradually di- minished and disappeared at the end of several days, with- out seeming to affect the progress of convalescence. ‘This case, as well as that of the swelled parotid, were the only ex+ amples of the two affections that occurred among upwards o two hundred patients. * intermittent fever. The patient had several paroxysms of a double quotidian. Among five hundred choleriques I have not seen or known a hemorrhage to occur from any part, except the moderate epistaxis, of a few drops, in a very small number of patients during convalescence. =~ | ¢ APPEARANCES ON EXAMINATION AFTER DEATH. I HAVE been present at sixty-five autopsies, most of which I made myself. But on this head I shall be brief. ‘The post mortem examinations of M. Louis, collected by my friends doctors Gerhard and Pennock, of Philadelphia, are perhaps already in possession of the American medical public, as I hope will also be those of M. Andral, collected by my friend J. Jackson, jun. of Boston. The minuteness and ac- curacy of the examinations made by MM. Andral and