A treatise on the influenza of 1837, containing an analysis of one hundred cases, observed at Birmingham, between the 1st of January and the 15th of February / by Peyton Blakiston.

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1837
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Credit: A treatise on the influenza of 1837, containing an analysis of one hundred cases, observed at Birmingham, between the 1st of January and the 15th of February / by Peyton Blakiston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TREATISE, &c. SECTION I. THE DISEASE AS IT OCCURRED IN HEALTHY PERSONS. CLASS I. Cough, followed by Lassitude, Pains in the Limbs, 4'c. Case 1.—Alfred Hinton, act. 32, servant, Great Charles- street, Birmingham. Being previously in good health, on January 26, felt a tickling and rawness in the throat, the sure forerunner of a cold on the chest with him. At this time the bowels were regular. [Warm foot bath.—Pulv. Antiin. comp. gr. iij. hora sowmi.] Jan. 27. Cough much increased; chest is very sore, par- ticularly upon coughing; expectoration is scanty and diffi- cult. In the afternoon headache came on, with much weariness; respiration 22, clear and vesicular; pulse 76, feeble and soft. [Diluent drinks.— Warm footbath.— Pulv. Antim. comp. gr. iij. hora somni.] 28. Passed a restless night, and perspired at times; cough is now very troublesome, accompanied by soreness and constriction of the chest; feels great weariness and aching pains in the back and limbs; headache is very severe, par- ticularly over the eyes; tongue covered with a white fur;