Fever : its pathology and treatment by antipyretics / by Hobart Amory Hare.

  • Hare, H. A. (Hobart Amory), 1862-1931.
Date:
1891
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    duration or course of typhoid fever except hy an indi- rect action. It is, however, very important for us to discover whether the condition of the patient is for the time being really improved. The writer is sure that the answer should be in the affirmative, and there is an overwhelming amount of testimony in favor of such a belief. Thus, Faust found that all his cases felt bet- ter, seemed more iutelligent, and had a cleaner-looking tongue, with less anorexia, when the drug was used. Calm and Hepp have also stated that the peculiar drowsy, stupid face of such cases brightens up if the drug is given, and there can be no doubt but that this is true. While antifebrin has been greatly praised by writers in Europe, in America it has not been thought of so highly. Cohen,i in an article upon its employment in typhoid fever, has done anything but praise it, as he found it far more dangerous than antipyrin. He also noted that it was less enduring in its efrects,_a conclu- sion which agrees with the statement of Demme and Secretan, already given. Greene^ has recorded instances in which the drug absolutely failed where antipyrin succeeded, and the writer has frequently turned from antifebrin as useless, in safe doses, to receive aid from the antipyrin. The value of antifebrin in phthisis is doubtful, since although it greatly affects the temperature, it is very apt to cause collapse, profuse sweating, and depression Thus, the writer has seen cases of phthisis where the attempt to control the fever by antifebrin resulted in the manner named, and Riese^ points out, what the ' Medical News, Oct. 8, 1887. University Med. Magazine, Jan., 1889. • Deutsche Med. Wochenschrift, 1886, 835.