Examinations in anatomy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, materia medica, chemistry and pharmacy : for the use of students / by Robert Hooper.

Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.

Date:: 1814

Credit: Examinations in anatomy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, materia medica, chemistry and pharmacy : for the use of students / by Robert Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$31. Q. What kind of delirium is most frequent in tyjihtts fevers ? A. The delirium most frequent in typhus is not of the violent kind, and is marked by low muttering, accompanied with stujn- dity. 32. Q. Is bleeding recommended in the cure of t\'])boid fevers ? A. Bleeding is not recommended in typhus fevers, because it would weaken the energy of the powers necessary to life, the actions of which arc already weaker than they ought to be. 33. (i. How many species of typhus fevers are there A. There arc four species of typhus fevers; 1st, typhus nervosus, or nervous fever; 2d, typhus mitior, the low fever, or mild form of typhus; 3d, the typhus gravior, the severe species of typhus_ fever, or putrid fever; 4th, the typhus iete- rndes, or typhus with sjTnptoms of jaundice. 34. Q. What is the most common cause of typhus fevers ? A. Contagion, a poison generated from putrid animal and vegetable substances ; by the human body under the disease; by confined animal secretions, and other sources. 35. Q. W'hat are the symptoms of trismus? A. When trismus comes on gradually, the symptoms ai« —a slight stiflhess is at first perceived at the back part of the neck, which, after a short time, becomes considerably in- creased, and at length renders the motion of the head both dif- ficult and painful. With the rigidity of the head, there is like- wise an uneasy sensation at the root of the tongue, together with tome difiiculty in swallowing; and a great tightness is perceived about the chest, with a pain at the stenium, shooting into the back; a stiffness next takes place about the jaws, which increases$