_Head._ Arachnoid vascular; substance of brain and especially medulla
oblongata highly vascular; between the arachnoid and the dura mater much
limpid serum; all the ventricles distended with a similar fluid.
_Thorax._ [Pleuræ adherent. Both lungs contained numerous tubercles in a
state of suppuration. A large proportion of right lung hepatized.]
_Abdomen._ Viscera healthy.
CASE XXXVI.
MARY SULLIVAN, æt. 26, married. Admitted on the 14th day of disease;
pain of head severe from the beginning; continues unabated and even
violent; no sleep; face pallid; expression depressed; pulse 81; abdomen
tender; tongue foul and dry. V. S. ad ℥xij.
18th. Pain of head gone; delirium; pulse 70, soft; tongue more dry.
24th. Pain of head, which had returned slightly on some of the preceding
days, was, from this period, finally lost in insensibility; no longer
conscious; prostration; great restlessness; almost constant moaning;
occasional retching; pulse 72.
26th. Continues perfectly insensible; all the stools passed in bed;
pulse suddenly rose to 120, on the following day fell to 102; eyes half
open and injected: no material change till 29th, died.
_Head._ Membranes and substance of brain appeared pretty healthy; all
the ventricles enlarged, and contained about three ounces of limpid
serum; a considerable quantity, also, at base; some coagulable lymph
effused on that part of the arachnoid which covers the tuber annulare.
_Thorax._ [Pleuræ adherent; substance of lungs full of tubercles, in
different stages of disease.] _Abdomen._ [Liver hard;] other viscera
healthy.
CASE XXXVII.
ANN BOON, æt. 14, admitted on 10th day of fever. Attacked in the
beginning with severe head-ache, which still continues; abdomen tender;
lips and teeth sordid; tongue brown and dry; pulse 120.
11th. Pain of head undiminished; eyes heavy and suffused; delirium;
tongue red, dry, and glazed; pulse 108.
13th. Pain of head quite gone; delirium; pulse 118.
19th. Much noise through the night; peevishness during the day; pulse
108.
20th. More insensible; can give no answer to any question; pulse 118.
22d. Constant rolling of the head; pupils dilated; all the stools passed
in bed; pulse 108.
29th. Eyes vacant and staring; pupils contracted; head sunk in bed; legs
drawn up; stools passed in bed; urine abundant; pulse 117, regular and
of good power.
30th. Skin covered in several places with vesicles, which discharge a
thin ichor. Died.
_Head._ Membranes and substance of brain vascular; upwards of three
ounces of serum in the ventricles and at base; much similar fluid in
theca vertebralis. _Thorax._ Viscera healthy. _Abdomen._ Mesenteric
glands greatly enlarged; some of them suppurating.
CASE XXXVIII.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account