On the use of belladonna in enteric fever / by John Harley.

  • Harley, John, 1833-1921.
Date:
[1872?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the use of belladonna in enteric fever / by John Harley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    26th.—Much brighter; tongue clean and moist. T. 98*2°. P. 60. 27th.—“ Felt very well/’ Profuse sweating; tongue clean and moistish. T. 98°. P. 64. 28th.—A solid stool. Hunger. T. 101°. P. 80. 29th.—A solid stool. Hunger. T. 99*8°. P. 84. 80th.—A solid stool. Hunger; sweating continued. T. 99*8°© P. 84. 81st.—Belladonna discontinued. Convalesced from day to day; stools natural. To-day took solid food ; the sweating ceased, leaving the skin naturally moist. T. 100° to 98*4°. P. 68 to 54. Case 11.—A severe case during the first fortnight, but conva- lescence was rapid, beginning on the twentieth day. Marianne H—, aet. 19. Had been ill several days before admission with fever and diarrhcea. Treatment.—She took n\xx Succi belladonnse cum iqv Tinc- turse opii from the eighth to the twenty-second day. Progress.—There were diarrhoea, much stupor, and quiet deli- rium until the fourteenth day, at which date bile reappeared in the stools, and desire for food returned. 8th day.—Succi belladonna irjxx, Tincturce opii it|v, quartis horis. Delirious; tongue dry ; abdomen tender; rose rash; four loose stools. T. 104°. P. 125. 18th.—Had continued in much the same condition; fresh eruption ; moderate diarrhoea; abdomen now tense and tender; tongue dry, glazed, and contracted. T. 104° to 101-5°. P. 120 to 98. 14th.—Four loose stools; a dry, tracheal cough. T. 100°. P. 98. 15th.—Much improved; two loose stools; abdomen natural; tongue moistening, and epithelium separating. Asked for an egg. T. 100°. P. 95. 18th.—Continued improvement; one loose, bright yellow stool each day; tongue moist at edges. T. 98°. P. 80. 20th.—Convalescing. T. 97°. P. 72. 82nd.—Omit the mixture. Tongue natural; two yellow semi- solid stools. Rapid convalescence. T. 98°. P. 80.