An essay on pyrexia, or symptomatic fever, as illustrative of the nature of fever in general / by Henry Clutterbuck.

  • Clutterbuck, Henry, 1767-1856.
Date:
1837
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Credit: An essay on pyrexia, or symptomatic fever, as illustrative of the nature of fever in general / by Henry Clutterbuck. 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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    SECTION III. OF THE VARIETIES OF PYREXIA, OR SYMPTOMATIC FEVER. Many circumstances tend to vary the cha- racter of pyrexia or symptomatic fever, and which it is necessary to notice, as a knowledge of them will be found to illustrate the diagno- sis, as well as to influence the treatment of the primary disease. When pyrexia is protracted beyond the space of a few hours, it is the second or hot stage that constitutes the principal part of the affection ; and it is in this, therefore, that the varieties are chiefly seen. 1st. Pyrexia may exist in all degrees. In the slightest degree, the pulse is but little, if at all, altered from the natural state in any re- spect; the temperature of the skin is hardly sensibly raised; and the tongue is but thinly covered on its upper surface with a whitish fur