Letters concerning the internal dropsy of the brain, to Charles William Quin / [William Patterson].
- Patterson, William
- Date:
- 1794
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Letters concerning the internal dropsy of the brain, to Charles William Quin / [William Patterson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 78“ ] he remained in a comparatively quiet and fupporta- ble condition till February, 1793, when a typhoid fever, then prevalent in his family, laid hold on him, and put an end to his exiftence. Immediately fucceeding this cafe, I find another ftated in my regifter, which, appearing to be of a fpafmodick nature, and to be attended with intereft- ing circumftances, I fhall here take the liberty of reporting. C S E III. Mifs-«—a child of four months old, thriv¬ ing, and in general healthy, foon after birth was obferved to take a kind of fuffocation when fhe fell into a violent fit of crying. The affedtion, however, did not arife to any alarming degree for fome weeks; and fhe paffed through inoculation in a favourable manner, without an attack of it that was worth no¬ tice. But on the 14th of February, 1792, early' in the morning, whilft taking fome food, fhe was feized* with a paroxyfm, which began with a fufpenfion of ‘ refpiration, followed by a lividity of the lips' and' under the eyes. To thefe circumftances fucceeded palenefs, ceffaiion of the pulfe, and other appear-^ ances incident in a delignium animi. In a fhort • time file fhowed figns of revival; but fhe was not thoroughly reinftated for two or three days, her eyes being](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30794468_0082.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
