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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    tion of a portion of physic the alvine excretions, unquestion- ably the cause of this state of the system, were removed. From this time his restoration to health was daily progress- ive. The cough and excoriations were the last affections that disappeared. For the cough, laxatives were the most efficacious remedy : the other medicines serving merely as pal- iatives. The excoriated parts were anointed with cold cream for the purpose of obtunding the acrimonious discharge from the nostrils, and with relief. SCARLATINA BENIGNA. JVov. lOih, Sarah Jane, daughter of one of our domes- tics, 3 years of age, was seized with Scarlatina Benigna in the evening ; superficial heat great, restlessness. Nov. llih. Cephalalgia; thirst; fever; cough; soreness of the throat; eruption extending over the whole cutaneous surface; an emetic ; [R. vini Ipecacuhanas 5 ii.] a portion of castor-oil ; both operated favorably ; a small dose of anti- mony daily ; regimen anti-phlogistic ; the eruption turned on the fourth day. The child was confined to her bed but two days, whereas it was from six to eight days before Alice and John were able to sit up for even a short time ; and such was the prostration of strength when they shewed a disposition to get up, it be- came necessary to hft them out of bed, and hold them in the lap. In the three cases, the usual precursory symptoms were of very short continuance. The recovery of the two first was gradual; and it was several weeks after the eruption dis- appeared before their health was reinstated. In the child, the manifestations of debility were very slight. All three of the patients had been vaccinated; Alice and Sarah had had the