Medical Sketches of the Expedition to Egypt, from IndiaMcGrigor, James, Sir
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Medical Sketches of the Expedition to Egypt, from India
McGrigor, James, Sir
Great Britain. Army -- Sanitary affairs; Medicine, Military
1st. The attack is sudden, and 1st. Men were suddenly attacked
with the greatest prostration on duty, and with the greatest
of strength. debility, from the first.
2d. The head is the part 2d. The attack was almost
principally complained of at constantly with a pain of the
first; thereafter the abdomen head, the eye being first of a
and limbs. watery suffusion, then blood-shot,
and, at last, yellow.
3d. In a majority of the 3d. The black vomiting is an
fatal cases, there is an almost constant attendant of
unconquerable irritability of the fatal cases, and which
stomach, and a vomiting of rarely any thing was found to
frothy bile. relieve.
4th. The biliary system 4th. From the yellowness of the
appeared in most cases to be body so generally seen, as well
the seat of the principal as from the very unequal state
complaints: there was often of the bowels, we were led to
pain, sometimes swelling of think, that, in this fever,
the liver, and the bowels the system of the liver was
were generally unequal. principally affected.
5th. In many cases there were 5th. In a great many cases
remissions; and, in some there were remissions, and
cases, particularly of the some cases terminated in
Sepoys, there were perfect intermittents.
intermissions.
6th. The disease frequently 6th. In several instances it
alternated with the tropical alternated with dysentery, and
diseases, arising from morbid in some cases with affections
action of the liver, viz. of the liver.
colera, icterus, hepatitis,
and dysentery.
7th. In a majority of cases, 7th. In some cases there were
we saw glandular swellings, swellings of the parotid gland,
petechiæ, maculæ, or vibices. petechiæ, maculæ, and vibices.
8th. Some cases died without 8th. We lost several cases, who
bubo or irritability of the never had the yellowness, nor
stomach. the black vomit.
9th. In those cases which 9th. Whenever we could excite a
proved fatal, it was found flow of saliva, the patient was
impossible to produce considered to be safe, and did
salivation. well.
TABLE II.
STATE of the DEATHS and DISEASES in the INDIAN ARMY in EGYPT, from the
Time of Embarkation to the Return to INDIA.
Transcriber’s Note: Key to table columns is as follows.
A: Effective Strength of different Corps.
B: Invalided or sent to India or England on recovery.
C: Dead.
D: Plague.
E: Fever.
F: Liver complaint.
G: Dysentery.
H: Diseases of the Lungs.
I: Stroke of the Sun.
J: Casualties and Diseases unknown.
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