CASE CV.
WILLIAM GANDER, æt. 22, servant. Admitted on 15th day of fever; no
account to be obtained of previous symptoms; some pain of head; much
giddiness; mind confused; delirium; expression of eyes wild; face
flushed; abdomen tender; tongue foul at root, moist, very red at apex;
bowels purged; pulse 99, of good power.
16th. No sleep; violent noisy delirium; eyebrows contracted; face
flushed; six stools; pulse 100.
19th. Intensity of cerebral symptoms progressively increasing; constant
violent delirium; muscular tremor; subsultus; tongue cannot be
protruded; pulse 112. Died next day.
_Head._ Membranes vascular; substance of brain natural; four ounces of
serum in the lateral ventricles. _Thorax._ Mucous membrane of trachea
and bronchi highly vascular; other viscera healthy. _Abdomen._ Glands of
the mucous membrane of the intestines in general enlarged, many of them
inflamed; some of them in a state of commencing ulceration, others
completely ulcerated, so that the ilium and lower part of colon were
full of ulcers, which varied in size, from that of a split pea to a
crown piece; mesenteric glands much enlarged and dark; spleen very soft;
other viscera healthy.
CASE CVI.
GEORGE BURY, æt. 9. Admitted on the 11th day of fever: complaint
commenced with nausea, pain of abdomen and severe head-ache; the latter
continues; abdomen, especially epigastrium, tender; tongue red; much
thirst; bowels constipated; pulse 116.
14th. Pain of head gone; countenance extremely pallid; no sleep; great
restlessness; delirium; abdomen still tender; tongue red and dry; eight
stools, dark and offensive; pulse 130. Died next day.
_Head._ Membranes vascular; substance of brain highly vascular;
pituitary gland in a state of suppuration; cerebellum vascular; effusion
between dura mater and arachnoid; one ounce of serum in ventricles, two
at base; pia mater covering the spinal cord highly vascular; substance
of cord natural. _Thorax._ Mucous membrane of bronchi slightly vascular;
tubes contained some mucus, mixed with pus; [left pleuræ slightly
vascular; lower lobe of left lung hepatized; right pleuræ healthy; lower
lobe of right lung also hepatized, and contained several hard
tubercles;] other viscera healthy. _Abdomen._ Mucous membrane of lower
end of ilium and entire cæcum thickly studded with ragged ulcers, raised
and very foul, with indurated margins and irregular surfaces; longest
diameter of ulcers in direction of longitudinal fibres of muscular
coats; mesenteric glands very large, many of them being the size of
almonds; other viscera healthy.
CASE CVII.
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