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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    Sloughs in the Fauces caft off; the Ulcera¬ tions fill up ; the Patient fleeps without Con- fufion, is compofed when awake, and his Appetite begins to return. The Pulfe, during the whole Courfe of this Difeafe, is generally very quick; fre¬ quently 120 Strokes, or more, in a Minute: In fome it is hard and fmall; in others foft and full, but without that Strength and Firmnefs which ulualiy accompany equal Quicknefs and Heat, in genuine inflamma¬ tory Diforders. If a Vein be opened foon after the Diftem- per is come on, the Blood generally appears of a frefii florid Red; the Cm {fa merit um is rather of a lax gelatinous Texture, than denfe or compact ; the Serum yellow, and in a large Proportion (d). The Urine is at firfi: crude, and of a pale Whey-Colour: As the Difeafe advances, it turns yellower, as if Bile was diluted in it$ and, foon after the Patient fhews any Marks of Recovery, it commonly grows turbid, and depofits a farinaceous Sediment. They feldom have any Stools, if the Symp¬ toms are favourable, from the Time when the (d) But it is often fizy when the Difeafe has conti¬ nued two or three Days ; and in fome Inftances which lately occurred, it was fo foon after the hrft Attack.
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