An inaugural dissertation on cholera infantum : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical faculty, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-second day of May, 1798, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Henry Disborough, of New Jersey, honorary member of the Philadelphia Chemical Society.

  • Disborough, Henry.
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May, 1798
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on cholera infantum : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical faculty, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-second day of May, 1798, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Henry Disborough, of New Jersey, honorary member of the Philadelphia Chemical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    flant inclination to ftool takes place, though but little matter can be voided, and that is of a wa- tery or green colour—the eyes become languid, and fink deep within their fockets—the features are contracted—livid fpots appear—a fore mouth—hie- kup—convulfions—and a ftrongly marked hipocra- tic countenance, generally precede the fatal termi- nation of the diforder. DIA GNOSIS. THE difeafes with which cholera infantum, may be confounded are, hydrocephalus internus, dyfentery, and affe&ions arifing from worms in the alimentary canal. To diftinguifh it from hydrocephalus internus it is neceffary to remark, that the pulfe in the lat- ter generally continues more full, tenfe, and fre- quent, and the evacuations, when they do occur, are not fo copious, nor accompanied with any difcharge of bile. It is more commonly attended with an ob- ftinatc pain in the head, the pupils of the eyes much dilated, ftrabifmus or fquinting, much dif- turbed with noife, and pretty conitantly preced-