Some observations on the bilious fevers of 1797, 1798, & 1799 / by Richard Pearson.

  • Pearson, Richard, 1765-1836.
Date:
1799
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Credit: Some observations on the bilious fevers of 1797, 1798, & 1799 / by Richard Pearson. 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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    yfm Is, like the genuine rigor, followed by heat, head-ach, reflleffnefs, vomiting. Sec* If the fever does not terminate in recovery or death-f- before the eleventh or fourteenth day, It proceeds to its fecond ftage, in which its remiffions are fcarcely obfervable. In this flage the patient is low, weak, and defpond^ ingj or drowfy, deaf, andftupidj. In fome cafes there is, on the contrary^ an increafed degree of fcnfibility, with great reftlelfnefs. The tongue is more foul and lefs moift ; the ^kin hot, dry, and harlh ; the pulfe fmall and frequent. Sometimes coftivenefs, but more » Thcfe paroxyfms are very alarming to the friends and affift- ants about the fick, and are termed by them <« ftruggles with death; yet, excepting aged people, and perfons prcvioufly ia a bad ftate of health, the majority cfcaped from fuch fort of ftruggles. f Life is terminated in the firft ftage of the fever either by fyn- cope, afphyxia, or convulfions in one of the cold paroxyfms, in perfons previoufly debilitated ; or by apoplexy in the hot fit, in plethoric and corpulent fubjeds. This may happen in the firft attack, before the fever is formed, and will in great part ac- count for the extraordinary number of fuddcn deaths during the laft twelve months. I Perfons of a full and corpulent habit, efpecially when ad- vanced ip years, fometimes fall into a lethargy or carus from the beginning of the attack, and continue fo for fcven or eight days, when they die. In other cafes, efpecially in young fubjeds, after y the drowfinefs and deafnefs have continued for fome time, a puru- lent difcharge from the ears has taken place. commonly