Contributions to the etiology of continued fever, or, An investigation of various causes which influence the prevalence and mortality of its different forms / by Charles Murchison.

  • Murchison, Charles, 1830-1879.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Contributions to the etiology of continued fever, or, An investigation of various causes which influence the prevalence and mortality of its different forms / by Charles Murchison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    22 owing to some of the milder cases of the other forms not being recognised at that early age, and hence included under this head. The youngest case of typhus was a male infant under twelve months, the oldest, a man aged 84. The youngest case of relapsing fever was a female aged 2 ; the oldest, a man aged 74. The youngest cases of typhoid were three children aged 4 ; twro cases are noted as above 65. One of these, a man, had rose-spots, and called himself 76, but he did not look more than sixty. The other was a man aged 65, who had no eruption. (M. Lombard, of Geneva, relates a case of typhoid in a woman aged 73 ; and Gendron, four cases between 60 and 75.a) As regards the ages of either sex, there are one or two points worth mentioning. Advancing age would appear to lessen the susceptibility to typhus and relapsing fever to a greater extent in males than in females. Thus, in every one of the ten years, the average age of the females exceeded that of the males, in both these forms. Again, of typhus, Out of a total of 3506 cases, 1737 were males; 1769 females. Below 15 years of age . 272 11 291 11 Between 15 and 30 . 767 •1 617 11 Above 30 . 675 11 834 11 In relapsing fever, Out of a total of 441 cases, 233 were males; 208 females. Of cases below 25 years. 155 ,, 112 „ Of cases above 25 ,, . 76 „ 94 „ In typhus also, hut not in relapsing, the excess of males was limited to between 15 and 30. As to the period of life most susceptible to typhoid, there is little difference between males and females. In some years the average age of the males was greatest; in others, that of the females; and for the whole ten years, the mean age of the two sexes was almost equal. Again, of 1620 cases