12th. Still no tenderness of abdomen; six stools; tongue quite dry;
pulse 120.
16th. Abdominal symptoms unchanged, excepting that the tongue has been
exceeding dry; nearly insensible; delirium; almost constant moaning;
pulse 120, very weak.
25th. Abdominal and cerebral symptoms continue with little change; cough
more frequent with muco-purulent expectoration; pulse 130, very weak.
29th. Quite helpless; pulse scarcely to be distinguished; copious
expectoration of purulent matter.
31st. Died.
_Abdomen._ Ilium contained several large ulcers, especially at its
termination in cæcum; liver enlarged and softened; other viscera
healthy: _Head._ Membranes vascular; arachnoid opake and thickened;
substance of brain vascular; effusion between the membranes; more fluid
than natural in ventricles. _Thorax._ Lungs gorged; mucous membrane of
bronchi vascular; bronchial tubes full of mucus mixed with pus.
CASE LXXV.
EDWARD HAMMOND, æt. 24, servant. Admitted on the 22d day of fever:
attack commenced with usual symptoms, accompanied with loss of appetite
and sense of nausea; at present no tenderness of abdomen; tongue red,
glazed and cracked; bowels purged; no uneasiness in chest; cough with
mucous expectoration; pain of head entirely gone; sensation in general
diminished; mind composed; little sleep; pulse 110, of good power but
easily compressed; much prostration.
23d. No pain acknowledged in any organ; little sensibility; no sleep;
much restlessness; delirium; expression of countenance wild; pulse 108,
firm.
24th. No pain; less sensible; tongue has become brown and dry; three
stools; pulse 124, weak.
25th. More sleep; more tranquil this morning; tongue also is more moist;
but the stools have been passed in bed, and the pulse is 124, weak and
fluttering.
26th. More sleep; much more tranquil; more sensible; tongue more clean
and moist; stools not passed in bed; the pulse notwithstanding is 136,
and the pulsations are not distinct, but run into each other.
28th. Mind distinct; more sleep; tongue continues more moist, but no
stools and no urine have been passed; the latter has been drawn off by
the catheter; pain is now complained of in the right lumbar region;
pulse 123. Died next day.
_Abdomen._ Mucous membrane of ilium ulcerated; pancreas indurated,
nearly of the consistence of cartilage, and of paler colour than
natural; other viscera healthy. _Head._ Membranes natural; half an ounce
of fluid at the base of the skull; substance of brain much softened.
_Thorax._ Viscera healthy.
CASE X.
SARAH RAVEN, æt. 17. For symptoms see page 140.
_Abdomen._ Mucous membrane of small intestines in general inflamed;
lower part of ilium extremely ulcerated. _Head._ Both dura and pia mater
vascular; arachnoid opake; much serum effused between the membranes.
_Thorax._ [Pluræ of both sides adherent; left lung inflamed;] right lung
healthy; other viscera healthy.
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