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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    Bafe of the Tongue, which they cover In the Manner of a thick Fur. Inftead of thefe Sloughs, where the Diforder is mild, a fu- perficial Ulcer, of an irregular Figure, ap¬ pears in one or more of thefe Parts, fcarce to be diftinguifhed from the found, but by the Inequality of Surface it occafions. The parbtid Glands (b) on each Side com¬ monly fwell, grow hard, and are painful to the Touch; if the Difeafe is violent, the Neck and Throat are furrounded with a large cedematous Tumour, fometimes extending itfelf to the Bread:; and, by flraitening the Fauces, increafes the Danger. Towards Night, the Heat and Reftleffnefs increafe, and a Delirium frequently comes on. This Symptom, which appears in fome even on the firft Night, feems to differ con- fiderably from the like Affedtion in other Dif- eafes. The Sick commonly anfwer the Que- flions put to them properly, but with an un- uiual Quicknefs ; they talk to themfelves in¬ coherently when left alone, and frequently betray the firfl Tendency to this Diforder, E 2 by (b) Heredia takes Notice of the fame Symptom, and afligns a very probable Reafon for it.—In Angina maligna non tument externa, quia in illas ex externis tranflat^ materia iuerit, fed quia ita adimplentur interna, ut materiam fluentem non capiant, et fic ad externa dilabi- tpr. Heredia, p. 99,
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