-----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- | Blackwater fever | Yellow fever | Bilious remittent -----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- Onset |Sudden but asthenic|Sudden but asthenic|Comes on more | with marked | for two or | slowly. | rigor. | three days. | -----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- Urine |Haemoglobinuria. |No blood in urine |Bile in urine. | Pink foam to | before 3d or 4th | Yellow froth on | urine. Albuminuria| day and then | shaking urine. | from first day. | haematuria. | Albuminuria | | Albumin from 2d | slight and | | day. | not common. -----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- Icterus |Early and intense. |Does not appear |Jaundice develops | Comes on in a few | before 3d day | slowly about 2d | hours. | and gradually | day. | | intensifies. | -----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- Spleen |Somewhat enlarged |No enlargement of |Splenic enlargement | and tender. | spleen. | is marked; may | | | have ague cake. -----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- Pulse |Rapid from start |Stationary pulse |Pulse not so rapid | and becoming | with rising temp- | as in blackwater. | more so as disease| erature or falling| | progresses. | pulse with | | | stationary temp- | | | erature. (Faget’s | | | law.) | -----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- Vomit |Early marked |Mucus-like followed| Bilious vomiting | bilious vomiting. | by black vomit | and gastric distress | | about 4th day. | less than in | | | blackwater. -----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- Evidences |Usually present as |Negative unless |Some evidence at of malaria| parasites or | yellow fever | some time almost | melaniferous | occurs in a | always obtainable. | leucocytes or | malarial case. | | increased large | | | mononuclear | | | percentage. | | -----------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------------