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

  • Lyons, R. T.
Date:
1872
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    of opium at bedtime. The fever abated duriqg the night, and on the 6th there was hardly any fever. The tempera- ture in the evening was 99'8°. He complaiued of severe pain in the back, and of twitchings or spasms of the fingers. A grain of opium at bedtime. On the 7th he was tolerably easy, but had no sleep the previous night. Complained of dryness of the mouth; and Hmejuice with sugar and water was ordered as a drink. Temperature in the morning 1008°, but increased in the evening to 104-6°, with a rapid pulse. The abdomen was tympanitic. A grain of morphia at bedtime. In the earlier part of the night was much distressed with pains in .the legs, and difficulty in passing uriae. The fever left him with copious per- spiration. He slept in the latter part of the night. On the 8th January he was free fi'om fever, temperature 962°. The pulse had fallen to 78. The emaciation was marked, the voice was hnsky, and the debility and prostration con- siderable. Micturition was easy, but pains in the legs were still complained of. There was no pain or enlargement of the liver or spleen. Hie exhaustion was so great that it was thought advisable to provide him with animal food; pigeons were accordingly supplied by the commissariat for his use, as these were the only animals procurable that his caste permitted him to eat. A ration of rum was also allowed. Ordered ten grains of quinine with the following mixture:—twenty drops of the tincture of gentian, ten drops of the diluted niti'ic acid, and one ounce of the infusion of chiretta, three times during the day. On the 9th January, there was again slight febrile heat for the whole day, the temperature being between 99° and 100°, and the pulse 82. Erom the 10th January, the fever definitely ceased; the temperature being on some days as low as 96'4°, and the pulse varying fi'om 64 to 84, being generally somewhat accelerated in the evening. He gradually improved and gained strength, but is still far too weak to return to his duty, 20th January, 1872. Case XV.—A non-relapsing case. Cooly Cadhun, was admitted into the General Hospital,