11th. Tongue not to be protruded; perfectly insensible; pulse 125.
_Abdomen._ Peritoneal coat of small intestines vascular; mucous membrane
of ileum and cæcum contained several large ulcers; in other places the
membrane was entire, but irregularly raised by submucous deposit so as
to present the appearance of large ulcers. _Head._ Arachnoid highly
vascular; effusion beneath all the membranes; more fluid than natural in
the lateral ventricles. _Thorax._ Viscera healthy.
CASE LXXXII.
ELEANOR NORRIS, æt. 12. Was seized eight days ago with sudden loss of
strength, great confusion of mind, and severe pain in the head and
limbs; the pain of the head continues, shooting down along the spinal
cord to the loins; no tenderness of abdomen; tongue white; bowels
purged; pulse 129, of good power.
9th. Tongue has become brown and dry; five stools; scarcely any pain of
head; delirium; pulse 120.
14th. Abdomen now tender on pressure; tongue continues brown and dry;
four stools; pain of back and loins returned; delirium; pulse 130.
15th. Pain of abdomen continues; tongue still browner and more dry; four
stools; delirium; pulse 128.
16th. Deglutition difficult; pulse 120; great prostration.
17th. Stools in bed; delirium and prostration increasing; pulse scarcely
to be counted.
18th. Great restlessness; much delirium; countenance wild and anxious;
pulse exceedingly quick and weak.
20th. Respiration hurried and laborious; pulse not to be counted;
insensible; stools in bed. Died in the night.
_Abdomen._ Mucous membrane of jejunum and ilium extremely ulcerated;
omentum a mere web; all the other viscera healthy. _Head._ Membranes and
substance of brain apparently natural. _Thorax._ [Costal pleura of left
side inflamed and thickened; pulmonary pleura covered with pus; pleural
sac contained two ounces and a half of serum mixed with pus; substance
of left lung nearly healthy; right side healthy; two ounces of serum in
pericardium.]
CASE LXXXIII.
MARIA MOORE, æt. 22, servant. Admitted on the 22nd day of scarlet fever:
throat well; deglutition easy; no pain of chest; none of abdomen; tongue
of dark red colour; bowels purged; some pain of head, especially at
occiput; pulse 98.
23d. Pain of head continues; noisy delirium; pulse 108; abdominal
symptoms the same.
30th. Amended the day following last report, and continued to improve
until this morning, when she was again attacked with soreness of throat
and difficult deglutition; tongue loaded; three stools; pulse 98.
31st. Throat equally painful; deglutition equally difficult; pulse 110.
32nd. After the application of leeches to the throat the pain became
easier and the deglutition less difficult; internal fauces very red;
uvula much swollen.
33d. Throat again better; deglutition easy; pulse 120.
35th. Throat well, but the voice is hoarse; four stools, mixed with
blood; pulse 110.
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