_Head._ Dura and pia mater highly vascular; arachnoid thickened and
opake; substance of brain highly vascular; effusion between the
membranes, into the ventricles, and at the base. _Thorax._ Mucous
membrane of bronchi vascular; substance of both lungs inflamed.
_Abdomen._ Mucous membrane of ilium ulcerated; other viscera healthy.
CASE XCII.
SARAH SHARP, æt. 18. Admitted on the 22d day of fever: the pain of the
head, which had been severe from the commencement, continues; complains
also of much pain in back and limbs; abdomen tender; tongue fiery red;
bowels purged; pulse 100, soft.
23d. No change, excepting that the tongue has become brown and dry in
the middle, but still remains exceedingly red at the edges; four stools;
pulse 108.
32d. Pain of head quite gone; that of abdomen, which had increased, has
now also disappeared; no sleep; great restlessness; delirium; eyes dull
and heavy; face flushed; tongue red and dry; four stools; pulse 110.
40th. Cerebral symptoms unchanged; no cough or uneasiness of chest; skin
dusky, that of the cheek of a deep purple colour; tongue loaded and dry;
lips and teeth sordid; stools in bed; pulse quick and very feeble; great
prostration.
48th. Coma; discharge from both ears; vomiting; pulse 120, very weak.
50th. Erysipelas of cheek, extending to scalp; much discharge from ears;
tenderness of abdomen again returned; tongue again of fiery red colour;
pulse extremely quick and feeble.
70th. During the whole of the period since last report there has been
occasional vomiting; the erysipelas gradually disappeared; the
sensibility returned; the tongue became clean and moist; the stools
improved, and there was even some return of appetite: on the other hand,
there came on extensive excoriation, and at last sloughing of back and
hips; the emaciation became very great, the prostration extreme, and at
length, on the 86th day from the commencement of the fever, she sunk
exhausted.
_Head._ Membranes of brain highly vascular; substance natural; upwards
of eight ounces of serum in the different cavities. _Thorax._ Mucous
membrane of trachea slightly reddened; bronchi vascular; lungs dark and
much gorged with blood. _Abdomen._ Mucous membrane of intestines
slightly vascular, [but the peritoneal coat highly inflamed, and
contained on its surface a coating of coagulable lymph, which glued the
convolutions of the intestines to each other and to the omentum.]
CASE XCIII.
CHARLES ENGLAND, æt. 22, servant. Admitted on the 11th day of fever:
previous symptoms unknown. At present perfectly insensible; pupils
contracted, insensible to light; face and lips of deep purple colour;
extremities cold; full pressure induces some uneasiness in abdomen; body
of tongue loaded and dry, edges red; deglutition difficult; pulse 100,
feeble.
12th. Some sleep through the night; more sensible to-day; no stool since
admission; pulse 114.
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