A treatise on relapsing or famine fever / by R.T. Lyons.

  • Lyons, R. T.
Date:
1872
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    1847. An epidemic of jungle fever occurred in 1847 in the 18tli Reg-iment Madras Native Infantry, during the fiekl operations in the Goomsur valley, and ^^^^escnbed by SuVgeon B. W. Eyre. The regiment marched from Seetabuldee for Russelcondah on the ll^^^ J^^^^^^^i^f; • On the 23rd February, Boad was reached. Here difliculties were encountered at the Puddam-tullao pass, leadmg from Khondistan to the low country. The toil and privations endured by the officers and men were great; and water being to be had with difficulty, added much to the sufler- incrs of man and beast. Provisions, too, had become scarce since leaving Boad, the stores of grain intended for the supply of the troops having been wantonly destroyed ihe efforts to procure grain elsewhere were attended with but partial success, and it became necessary at lengtli to put sepoys and followers on aUowance. On the 5th Marcli they reached Koont-loo, where grain was m abundance; on the 13th March, Nowgaun; and on the 3rd April, Kus- selcondah. Detachments were at once sent oft to occupy posts m the iungles. Fever began from the 20th March, and was epidemic. In the latter part of March and m April, the fever was of the quotidian intermittent type, with some tertians; there were universal bihous symptoms vertigo, without vascular excitement, pungent beat ot skin, nausea, and ardent thirst. In April, there were ii) / admissions, and foui- deaths. The fever persisted all through ISIay. On the 19th May relapses began, the average time after the primary attack being ten days. The fever was of the same type as in April. The tongue m a good many was highly florid, shining, and glazed, ihere were 298 admissions in this month, and four deaths, in. June, the fever still kept on. On the 24th, nearly all the men of a company lately returned from Coormmghia, a post on tiie summit of a pass, went into hospital; there were 1-55 cases and six deaths in this month. In July, the fever became milder, but dysenteric complication occurred ; number of cases 166, and one death. In August, eularge^d spleen was found in cases of relapse^; and intermittents ])assed into remittents, and vice versa. There were -03 cases and one death in this month. In September there