Plague : how to recognise, prevent, and treat plague.

  • James Cantlie
Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Plague : how to recognise, prevent, and treat plague. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    apyrexia would seeui to indicate that the toxic power of the disease is so virulent that reaction is impossible, and the patient is rendered prostrate as if by shock. M.E o O 00 * CD M.E lO M.E « ' o 00 u ^ \ o 01 \ M.E \ 'O <^ 00 \ CVJ M.E \ o - o O T- cr. \ M.E \ 00 o , DAY OF DISEASE 105° 104° 103° 102° 101° 100° 99° 98° PULSE o \ ° CM \ 00 o CO CM CM . |104/ 107 O T^ CM CM \ O CO CO 115/] -'112 ID o T7 \ ^ \ ^ CM ^ o ^ CM CO —— 00 X. \ o 00 CM C\J \^ o \^ , o CO \~ lO \ CM \ «o \C0 DAY OF DISEASE 105° 104° 103° 102° 101° 100° 99° 98° UJ Q_ O- uJ In pnev.monic plague the initial rise is usually pronounced, and the temperature may continue high to the end or may fall suddenly just before the patient dies.
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