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

  • Lyons, R. T.
Date:
1872
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    tlie appetite was indifferent. Ordered two grains ot quinine with an ounce of acidulated infusion of chiretta. Evening temperature 97°, pulse 87. On the 27th, tempera- ture 96°, pulse 60. Appetite still indifferent. A small boil had formed on the left thigh. Evening temperature 96-6°, pulse 68. On the 28th, temperature 97-8°, pulse 58, weak * soft and small. Complains only of debility, so that he was not able to walk or to prepare his own food. Appetite im- proving. Evening temperature 97-2°. He continued free from fever, gained strength gradually, and picked up sufficiently to leave hospital on the 3rd January, 1872 ; a slight diarrhoea occurred which did not much ti-ouble him. On the 8th January he had recovered sufficiently to justify his being sent on to the front. ' Case XVI.—Cooly Surjoo was admitted into the General Hospital at Kasalong on the 21st December, 1871. He was a brother or companion of the preceding patient, and both oc- cupied the same hut. He had no attack previously, although he had resided for three months at Kasalong. The fever commenced on the morning of the 2Gth, and had never left him. He complained of headache and severe pain in the loins, but there was no vomiting or diarrhoea. Tongue coated white, and the pulse was rapid and full. Ordered diaphoretic mixture with three grains of quinine. The fever continued all the next day, the 22nd December. Morning temperature 100-2°, evening 101°. On the 23rd, the temperature fell to 99-4°, but in the aftei'noon it rose after a shivering fit, and attained 102'2° in the evening: pulse 100. No pain complained of. As his nights had been hitherto restless, he was ordered one grain of opium at bedtime. Passed a good night. On the 24th the tempera- ture was 99'8°. Except a headache, there was no pain else- where. He was becoming emaciated. Said his urine was turbid and as thick as oil. The temperature increased in the evening to 103-6°. Ordered a grain of opimn at bed- time. He was said to have been delirious during the night. On the 26th, the temperature was 998°, the pulse 90, full and soft. No pain complained of; but emaciation and debility were increasing. In the evening the tempera-