A treatise on diphtheria : its nature, pathology and homoeopathic treatment / by Wm. Tod Helmuth.

  • William Tod Helmuth
Date:
1862
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Credit: A treatise on diphtheria : its nature, pathology and homoeopathic treatment / by Wm. Tod Helmuth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    proportion is probably miicli greater ; in fact, about one-fourth. M. Roger also found that secondary paralysis is rare after other acute maladies. Diph- theritic paralysis appeared most frequently between the ages of four and six; 21 times in the female, and 17 in the male sex. The season of the year did not ap23ear to have any influence over it. The paralysis almost always began at the pharynx and soft palate; in 2 out of 10 cases, the paralysis reached the lower limbs.* Dr. Dake notices as sequela^, coughs, glandular abscesses, otorrhoea, ozoena, erysipelas and paralysis. The most peculiar and the most frequently recurring sequelae is the ])eculiar iwostration that remains after a severe attack of the disease; and this is so well marked as to deserve especial attention of the practitioner. All the movements of the body are uncertain and tottering; the skin assumes a peculiar pallor ; the muscles of the tongue appear to lack the power they should possess; severe pains occur in the limbs ; strabismus may be present; the hearing be impaired; and, in fact, idiocy threaten the patient. The presence of albumen in the urine will be noticed in the chapter upon pathology, where, according to the ideas of the author, it properly belongs. To illustrate the course of the disease, and its sequelae, the following case of rare interest is appended: * American Medical Times. New York : 1862.