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... frequently asserted when speaking of its pathology and treat- ment , has not appeared to me at any time to be essentially inflammatory . Adynamic fever , a deno- mination for typhus fever , which I shall employ , as I have hitherto done ...
... frequently asserted when speaking of its pathology and treat- ment , has not appeared to me at any time to be essentially inflammatory . Adynamic fever , a deno- mination for typhus fever , which I shall employ , as I have hitherto done ...
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... frequent symptom , that of encephalitis would form a proper denomi- nation for this entire class of diseases , and might be substituted for the term fever . Broussais , on the contrary , contends that the pri- mary and essential seat of ...
... frequent symptom , that of encephalitis would form a proper denomi- nation for this entire class of diseases , and might be substituted for the term fever . Broussais , on the contrary , contends that the pri- mary and essential seat of ...
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... frequent and formidable disease on the in- vestigation of which we are entering , cannot be un- derstood until clear and exact answers are obtained to the following inquiries . 1. What is the series of phenomena which constitutes fever ...
... frequent and formidable disease on the in- vestigation of which we are entering , cannot be un- derstood until clear and exact answers are obtained to the following inquiries . 1. What is the series of phenomena which constitutes fever ...
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... frequent pulse , heat . This is a sufficient and an interesting proof that this illustrious physician saw the importance of making the analysis in question ; it shews also , that his ingenuity suggested probably the best mode of ...
... frequent pulse , heat . This is a sufficient and an interesting proof that this illustrious physician saw the importance of making the analysis in question ; it shews also , that his ingenuity suggested probably the best mode of ...
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... frequent than natural , in some of the most formidable aspects assumed by the disease , has been observed to be as low as forty or even thirty in the minute , and , from the beginning to the termination of the attack , the heat in some ...
... frequent than natural , in some of the most formidable aspects assumed by the disease , has been observed to be as low as forty or even thirty in the minute , and , from the beginning to the termination of the attack , the heat in some ...
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abdomen tender abdominal affection Admitted appear arachnoid attack blood bowels purged brain vascular brane bronchi brown and dry cæcum cerebral affection Cloudy colour commencement condition cough countenance day of fever debility deglutition degree delirium derangement Died disease Dura mater effusion epigastrium erysipelas exceedingly excitement extremely face flushed febrile fluid forms of fever four stools glands heat highly vascular ilium increased inflammation inflammatory intense intestines invariably lips and teeth lung mesenteric glands mind confused moist morbid changes Mucous membrane muscular tremor natural organs ounces pain of chest pain of head passed in bed pathology patient peculiar peritoneal phenomena pia mater pleuræ present prostration pulse pulse 96 respiration restlessness scarcely any sleep scarlet fever sensible serum skin slight small intestines stools in bed substance of brain symptoms synochus teeth sordid tenderness of abdomen thirst Thorax three stools tion tongue brown typhus ulcerated uneasiness of chest ventricles viscera healthy vomiting weak West
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Page 15 - Upon the whole," says this celebrated theorist, " our doctrine of fever is explicitly this. The remote causes are certain sedative powers applied to the nervous system, which, diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produce a debility in the whole of the functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme vessels.
Page 15 - Such, however, is, at the same time, the nature of the animal economy, that this debility proves an indirect stimulus to the sanguiferous system; whence, by the intervention of the cold stage, and spasm connected with it, the action of the heart and larger arteries is increased, and continues so till it has had the effect of restoring the energy of the brain, of extending this energy to the extreme vessels, of restoring therefore their action, and thereby especially overcoming the spasm affecting...
Page 362 - Nature, with her burning sun, her stilled and pent-up wind, her stagnant and teeming marsh, manufactures plague on a large and fearful scale: Poverty in her hut, covered with her rags, surrounded with her filth, striving with all her might to keep out the pure air, and to increase the heat, imitates nature but too successfully; the process and the product are the same, the only difference is in the magnitude of the result.
Page 347 - ... matter, as they are disengaged in the process of putrefaction, enter into some new combination, and thus generate a new product, we are wholly ignorant. Of the composition of the poison, of the laws which regulate its formation, and of its properties when generated, we know nothing beyond its power to strike the human being with sickness or death. We know that, under certain circumstances, vegetable and animal substances will putrefy : we know that a poi183 son capable of producing fever •will...
Page 360 - The stench which arises from this and the mud together is intolerably offensive, and from this source the plague, constantly springing up every year, preys upon the inhabitants, and is stopped only by the return of the Nile, the overflowing of which washes away this load of filth.
Page 85 - Immediately the circulation is thus excited, the function! of secretion and excretion become deranged. The mouth is now dry and parched ; the tongue begins to be covered with fur ; thirst comes on ; the secretion of the liver, probably also of the pancreas, and certainly of the mucous membrane lining the whole alimentary canal, is vitiated, as is proved by the unnatural quantity, colour, and fetor of the evacuations ; the urine likewise is altered in appearance, and the skin is not more remarkable...
Page 380 - Bleeding in fever cannot be performed too early. The very first moment of excitement, could that be discovered, is precisely the moment when the employment of this powerful remedy would produce the greatest effect.
Page 164 - The giant," says an able writer, " that lies prostrate on the earth, mastered by superior power, has still a giant's strength, though he do not at that moment put it forth. Give him but the chance to throw off the load that keeps him, down, and he will soon show you that he is not weak.
Page 88 - ... organ of touch, is in a like morbid state. An impression barely sufficient in the state of health to produce sensation excites the feeling of tenderness, and alternations of temperature which in ordinary states are scarcely perceptible are painful. The senses of taste and smell, on the contrary, are nearly obliterated, owing to the altered condition of the membranes upon which the sensitive nerves are distributed. From the earliest attack of the disease the sleep is disturbed and unrefreshing...
Page 362 - But by far the most potent febrile poison, derived from an animal origin, is that which is formed by exhalations given off from the living bodies of those who are affected with fever, especially when such exhalations are pent up in a close and confined apartment. The room of a...