On scarlatina : in a letter addressed to his son, in which is contained cases of angina sine efflorescentia, scarlatina anginosa, benigna, maligna vel angina gangrenosa, and their sequelae : also, observations on various therapeutic agents that have been employed in the treatment of scarlatina / by William Ingalls.

  • William Ingalls
Date:
1837
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Credit: On scarlatina : in a letter addressed to his son, in which is contained cases of angina sine efflorescentia, scarlatina anginosa, benigna, maligna vel angina gangrenosa, and their sequelae : also, observations on various therapeutic agents that have been employed in the treatment of scarlatina / by William Ingalls. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SCARLATINA ANGINOSA. JVovemher 3d. John, six years of age in January next, was taken with Scarlatina Anginosa in the evening; complained of nausea; cephalalgia; soreness of the throat; took some warm water sweetened with sugar baker's treacle, but soon rejected it without any melioration of the symptoms; an emetic [R. vini ipecacuanhas 5 ss.] was given^ which had a favorable operation ; besides evacuating the contents of the stomach, it was followed by several dejections. JVov. 4th. Passed a tolerable night; soreness of the throat; cephalalgia; cough ; anorexia; fever; on the parts of the body covered with clothes an eruption, which, in the course of the day, spread over the whole cutaneous surface ; in the night delirium supervened. [His diet consisted of sugar baker's treacle partially candied ; and treacle and tepid water, till he became convalescent. Refined sugar was prescribed for the cough; but he objected to it because it scratched his throat.] I remained in the room almost the whole time during the sickness of your brother. In the course of the night, there was observed an expression of uneasiness of which it is difficult to give a distinct idea. Besides the throbbing of the carotid arteries, which is very obvious in scarlatina anginosa, and by some is deemed to be a very prominent symptom; the irregu- larity of inspirations and expirations; the rapid contractions and relaxations of the muscles of the larynx, and consequently the correspondingly rapid descent and ascent of this organ; the muscles attached to the os hyoides and the anterior por- tion of the OS maxillare inferius ; the muscles on which the diversified motions of the face, eyehds, eyeballs, and the short muscles of the head depend, being also strongly agitated, caused a disordered action in the neck and throat, and gave a