The students guide to surgical diagnosis / by Christopher Heath.

  • Christopher Heath
Date:
1883
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Credit: The students guide to surgical diagnosis / by Christopher Heath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    discharges is apt to emaciate rapidly, and to have nocturnal exacerbations of temperature with flushed cheeks and bright eyes, followed by profuse sweating. The pulse is feeble, the urine high-coloured and scanty, and diarrhoea is apt to carry off the patient, who is said to be in a condition of hectic. 634. A patient of intemperate habits, having sustained an injury, is apt to be sleepless and to see spectres about the bed. The tongue is moist and thickly coated, and is tremulous when protruded, and there is tremor of the hands. The patient is feeble and exhausted, with quick pulse and clammy skin, but perfectly sensible at first, though, as the disease progresses, he may become temporarily maniacal and re- quire restraint. He is suffering from delirium tremens.
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