An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa : particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778. To which are now prefixed, some remarks on the nature and cure of the ulcerated sore throat / by William Withering.

  • Withering, William, 1741-1799.
Date:
1793
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa : particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778. To which are now prefixed, some remarks on the nature and cure of the ulcerated sore throat / by William Withering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Scarlatina Anginosa. Inflammatory State. Season. Summer—autumn. Air. Hot—dry. Places. High—dry*—gra¬ velly. Subjects. Vigorous—both sexes alike — robust in most danger. Skin. Full scarlet—smooth —if pimply the pimples white at the top—always dry and hot. Eyes. Shining, equable, intense redness — rarely watery. 'Throat. In summer, ton¬ sils, &c. little tumefied -—no sloughs — in au¬ tumn more swelled-—-in¬ teguments separating— sloughs white. Breath. Very hot, but not foetid. Voice. In summer natural* Bowels. Regular at the accession. Blood. Buffy—firm. Termination. The 3d, 5th, 8th, or nth day. Putrid State. Season. Spring—winter. Air. Warm—moist. Places. Close—low-—damp —marshy. Subjects. Delicate—women and female children—ro¬ bust adults not in danger. Skin. Red tinge-—pimply-—* the pimples redder than the interstices—bedewed with sweat towards morn. i Eyes. Inflamed and wa¬ tery, or sunk and dead. Throat. Tonsils, &c. con¬ siderably swelled and ulceratad—sloughs dark brown. Breath. Offensive to the pa¬ tients and their assistants. Voice. Flat and rattling. Bowels. Purging at the accession. Blood. Florid—tender. Termination. No stated