Plain directions for the prevention and treatment of cholera / [Thomas Allen].

  • Allen, Thomas, -1873.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Plain directions for the prevention and treatment of cholera / [Thomas Allen]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Unfavour¬ able Signs. Peculiari¬ ties. Variations. Certain Signs. Mental State. pulse imperceptible at the wrist, and a faint earthy odour is exhaled from the body. These symptoms de¬ note the stage of collapse. Insensibility to surrounding objects, restless tossing of the head, tremor of the frame, and quivering of the limbs are still more unfavourable indications. Generally there is no urine passed after the premoni¬ tory stage, but this is not invariably the case. No bile, no feculent colour nor odour is perceived in the eva¬ cuations after they have assumed the rice-water cha¬ racter, unless as a favourable sign of change, or rare exception to the rule. The order of occurrence in these symptoms may not be always as here detailed: some may not occur at all, nor will they always exist in the same degree, being modified by age, constitution, and previous state of health. But the extreme depression, the icy coldness, the sinking pulse, the cadaverous countenance or “ Cholera visagein combination with some of the signs described, sufficiently mark the disease. The mind, amidst this mortal struggle, is clear, and the intellect unimpaired : as long as the organs of expression have power to obey the will, consciousness can be expressed, and the patient may be roused to utter “ yes ” or “ no,3' to swallow water or other liquid.
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