An inaugural dissertation on the influenza / [Robert Johnston].

  • Johnston, Robert.
Date:
1793
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the influenza / [Robert Johnston]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ly Ae A fore throat, hoarfenefs, and 2 psin in ene or botk @ars, in fome cafes ufhered in the difeafe; whilit in others it came on with a violent {neezing, followed by a dif- charge of acrid matter from the nefe, which often exco- rated aud inflamed the upper lips In fome cafes the nofe dropped blood, nay, in fome it ran in itreams; and in one cafe related by Dr. Ruth in his Lectures on the Dheory and Prattice of Phyfic (3) the difcharge in this way amegunted to twenty ounces Moft perfons had a bad tafe in the mouth, attend- ed with a want of appetite, though fome few had their. appetite preternaturally encreafed. A fore mouth Was no uncommon attendant on this difeafe, and fome dad a fevere tooth-ach, fwelled jaws, &c. nor did the tongue entirely efcape; for in fome it was fo {welled as to eccafion a cenfiderable defe& of {peech- The breaft was often affeed with acute darting or flying pains ; thefe fometimes became fixed, and fudden- ly brought on, or were accompanied with a painful and Jaborious refpiration. A cough univerfally attended this difeafe, which was fometimes convulfive, and ex- tremely painful; in fome it brought on a fpitting of blood, and two perfons died in the act of coughing*. ‘The ftomach was fometimes affe&ed with naufea, and vomiting, and in fome the difeafe feemed to fall upon t the bowels and was carried off with a diarrhcea—though in general the patients were either coftive or regular. (3) Which commenced in November 1799, at the College of Philadelphia. It is with pleafure 1 embrace the prefent oppor- tunity of acknowledging my great obligation to his valuable leéture on the influenza, for feveral of the particulars of its bif- tory of fymptoms here related,