An account of the putrid sore throat / [John Fothergill].

  • John Fothergill
Date:
1769
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Credit: An account of the putrid sore throat / [John Fothergill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    injured, an unquenchable Thirft, and the Patient feemingly in Danger of being choak- ed (/>). In fome, the Swelling and Ulcers of the Fauces were apparent upon looking into the Mouth ; in others, nothing could be feen, but a moft offejnfive putrid Smell was perceivable. A Fever came on with the other Symptoms, and was frequently ac¬ companied with fmall Pimples and Eruptions like Flea-bites. In very bad Cafes, this Fe¬ ver, which Mercatus calls a moft malignant one (y), did not always difcover its Violence or Malignity at firft; but it was not the lefs formidable on this Account (r). On the fame Day, or the Day following, fucii Parts of the Fauces as at firft feemed to be of a deeper Colour than the reft, turned white, afh-coloured, or black 5 this was not occafioned (p) -difficultas refpirandi, et non raro deglutiendi, cum pe&oris et dorii doiore ac veluti compreffione fuf- focante, fimul cum peftilente odore, et vehement! harum omnium partium ardore, et rubore totius oris et colli, cum vocis et loquelse vitio, ac linguae extra<5tione, et fit! incompefcibili. Aiercat. Confult. p. 136. (q) Maxime ob maligniflimam febrem, quam plerum- que iibi adjunctam habet, &c. Confult. p. 136. (r) —nec multum fidere oportet, fi febris mox non ap- paruit aut^ fuccrefcat, nam faepe citius fuffocat afFe&io, quam cauia fuccendatur ; ac non raro mahgnitas humoris corrumpit fpiritus et mortem accelerat, fine eo quod febris fuccendatur. Mercut. Confult. p. 137,
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