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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    Deafness. In some Instances the inflammation pervades the eustachian tube as well as the nasal fossae, producing temporary deafness. In some instances it is so violent as to destroy the membrana tympani and the periosteum covering the flooring of the tympanum, causing permanent deafness ; and a perpetual discharge of pus either through the meatus audito- rius outwards, or through the eustachian tube into the fauces. Sometimes the organs of hearing are destroyed on one side only. One of my patients was permanently deaf in both ears. [It was by accident, and not until some years after the re- covery of this patient, that I knew he had been deaf; having met his mother she requested me to examine his ears, which I did, and found he was permanently deaf in both. He was young at the time of the disease, and in consequence of the deafness became dumb, and afterwards an inmate of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Hartford.] The destruction of the membrana tympani, and the denuda- tion of the petrous or rocky flooring of the tympanum, may be easily ascertained by striking against it with a probe. Phlegmonous Tumours. During the prevalence of epi- demics, instances of phlegmonous tumours, originating in the cellular tissue surrounding the parotid, submaxillary and sub- lingual glands, have happened in my practice; though consid- erable apprehensions with regard to the event had been en- tertained, their termination, except in one instance, has been favorable. Treatment. Having found discutient embrocations im- peded rather than promoted resolution, they were relin- quished altogether; that fomentations and emollient cata- plasms applied early to the phlegmon tended to augment its bulk and to retard suppuration, they were deferred till fluctu- ation became distinctly perceptible, when their application