A practical account of a remittent fever, frequently occurring among the troops in this climate / by Thomas Sutton.

  • Sutton, Thomas, 1767-1835.
Date:
1806
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical account of a remittent fever, frequently occurring among the troops in this climate / by Thomas Sutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HISTORY OF THE DISEASE. IT is a fever of the remittent kind, of uncertain duration; mostly with remissions by day, and night exacerbations. Its first attack commences by sensations of coldness and shivering, which are succeeded by an increased heat on the surface, which gradually declines, often without any sen¬ sible moisture on the skin, and the symptoms remit. This state of remission either ends in a restoration of health, or degenerates into the first stage of fever, which is often of considerable length, and the whole febrile phenomena are again renewed. The heat of the skin, in the height of the paroxysms, is often intense. There is always a great pain in the head, which is the symptom uniformly most complained of, and continues more or less through the disease. The intellect is generally very much confused, and patients often give embarrassed accounts of their feelings, and answer interrogatories with a seeming unwillingness, as if irksome to them, and B 2