A treatise on relapsing or famine fever / by R.T. Lyons.

  • Lyons, R. T.
Date:
1872
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Credit: A treatise on relapsing or famine fever / by R.T. Lyons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Parisnath during July and Angnst, 1871, and returned to Calcutta on the 27tlL August in good health. On the evening of the 4fch September, he had passed the evening at the Penny Readings, held at the Soldiers' Institute at Fort William, and on returning home he was suddenly seized with fever, vomited bilious matter, felt a contiauous nausea, and had a severe headache. The fever continued all the rest of the night, and did not leave him till the evening of the 5th September. On the 6th, he was free from fever, and was tolerably well, with the exception of attacks of nausea and vomiting, which caused annoyance. He was obhged to keep his bed, as he could not stand vnthout immediately feeling giddy and becoming sick. On the even- ing of the 7th September, there was a shght return of the fever for a few hours. On the 8th, he continued free from fever, but still suffered from nausea, and some pain in the right side. In the evening, high fever set in, with violent and constant vomiting, but there was no headache; the night was restless from pains in the body. The fever left in the course of the morning of the 9th September; and, with the exception of some pains in the limbs, he was tolerably easy all the rest of that day and all the night. In the evening, a slight jaundiced tinge of the eyes, face, neck, and shoulders was observed. He had slight head- ache, but the sickness at stomach was still distressing. On the 10th, there was no return of fever. The jaundice spread to the chest, arms, and abdomen, but the lower extremities were still white. He was free from sickness and bilious vomiting in the first half of the day, but these symptoms were distressing in the afternoon. He had slight headache, but no pains ; and complained of thirst. He now began to mend a very little. The jaundice became brighter. The pulse was 96 on the 11th, and fell to 88 on the 12th. The tongue continued to be white ; the bowels costive. There was much prostration of strength, and he was too weak to get out of bed. A sharp pain was felfc occasionally in the liver on the 11th, and, on examina- tion, the organ was found to be somewhat tender, and enlarged an inch beyond the margin of the ribs. There was no enlargement or tenderness of the spleen. Head-