Cases of intermittent fever, in which bleeding was employed in the cold stage / by John Mackintosh.
- Mackintosh John, -1837.
- Date:
- [1828]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Cases of intermittent fever, in which bleeding was employed in the cold stage / by John Mackintosh. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Considerable reaction followed. Had two slight paroxysms on the 18th and 19th ; and on the 20th he was ordered to take five doses of the qui- nine; each dose to consist of four grains; after which he had no return of the disease. Case VI.—Alexander Clark, a stout well-made young man with a florid complexion. Had three attacks of tertian intermittent before he reported himself sick : came into hospital on 21st May 1826 with the fourth paroxysm upon him. He was attacked at 7 a. m. with rigors; the fit was very severe. The not stage had given way to the sweating when I saw him. He could as- sign no cause except that he had done duty at Woolwich a few months be- tore. I ongue foul; fever diet. 23d.—Was free from complaint yesterday; had six stools from the laxa- tive. The rigor came on this morning at half-past six, and went through the regular stages with the usual distressing symptoms. Tongue much loaded; B. regular; no appetite; urine scanty. Infusion of quassia. He experienced severe paroxysms on the 24th and 26th, attended with headache and a severe pain in right hypochondrium 28th.-R,gor came on at 11 a. m. Five minutes after it was well form- ed a vein was opened, but the operation was badly performed owin-to the violent tremors; 20 ounces of blood were slowly drawn, when theS ceased together with the tremors, the difficulty of breathing tb^ oppres- sion a praecord.a, and the headache, &c. The painful sensed coKave X h *H°nCe l° 3 plCaSant ]ee'ine °f heat> and the P«l«» became natS The bleeding was not carried the length of producing syncope. There was no hot stage, and the skin was covered 'with a gentfe Zs ureIn half an hour h.s only complaint was of slight nausea; he is able to change nis position at pleasure, and feels disposed to sleep 8 he\9ttru7u?edd toThf ^ ^ ad thim >esterday eveni^ ™hich having bell rl / TUk!°uT many bed-^°thes; the blankets not having been removed wh>ch he had caused to be heaped upon himself on ea^Tsttl?' C°,d T SICpt WeU *«** ^ S qui ,1;„3h°tth~Had an eeedingly slight paroxysm at noon; slept well last night; no appet.te; had five evacuations from the bowels. P ^lst.-Had another slight chill this afternoon, but there was no riwr rir Imponalur vcsicalorium parti dolenti ^^^^^^^^ Case VlI._Mr Marshall, assistant-surgeon of the 97>h Re- name I have had occasion to n,™,;™ uJc . 7th Rcgir»ent, whose](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21696925_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
