A case of cerebral neuralgia terminating fatally by serous apoplexy : with remarks on the occurrence of serous apoplexy / by J. Da Costa.

  • Jacob Mendes Da Costa
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March, 1859
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    Pi CHARLESTON MEDICAL JOURNAL AND REVIEW. Vol. XIV.] CHARLESTON, S. C, MARCH, 1859. [No. 2 Art. L—A Case of Cerebral Nempqia terminating fatally by Serous Apoplexy, with Bcmapfton the occurrence of Serous Apoplexy. By J. Da CosfC M.D., Lecturer on the Prac- tice of Medicine in the Philadelphia Medical Association, etc. Mrs. S., aged 30, was admitted into my ward at the Episco- pal Hospital, on the 8th of August, 1858, for attacks of neu- ralgia and headache, to which she had been subject for four months. There was no reason to suppose that she had ever had syphilis, nor did she admit having suffered from intermittent fever. Her health had commenced to give way under the continuance of the disease; she was pale and feeble and had a distressed look of countenance. Her throat had been sore for two weeks; but no signs of any important or- ganic disease were discovered. The lungs were healthy; the impulse of the heart not distinct, but the sounds normal. The tongue was covered with a yellowish fur, the appetite was bad, and the bowels constipated. Slight tenderness on pressure existed over the epigastric region; the percussion dul- lness over the liver extended below the margin of the ribs, and was accompanied by a greater feeling of resistance than is usual. The pulse ranged between 75 and 80 and was small and weak. The skin was relaxed with a disposition to per- spire- the eye was clear, the pupils dilated. Neither motion nor sensation were in the slightest degree impaired. nCr VOL. XIV.—NO. 2. 10