An essay on the malignant pestilential fever introduced into the West Indian Islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793 and 1794 / by C. Chisholm.

  • Chisholm, Colin, 1755-1825.
Date:
1795
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Credit: An essay on the malignant pestilential fever introduced into the West Indian Islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793 and 1794 / by C. Chisholm. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the peculiarity of the delirium attending; and the pain confined to the forehead fel- dom extending to the temples, or even to the finciput. However mild cafes might be in other refpe&s, thefe were always pre- fent. In no difeafe I have ever met with, is the phyfician more liable to be deceived; for often when every lymptom, indicating danger, has been apparently removed; when the Ikin has become cool, the pulfe feemingly natural, and the ftomach fo re- tentive as to receive a large quantity of bark, convulfions fuddenly feize the pa- tient, and foon deprive him of life; or de- lirium and cold clammy fweats fuperfede the favourable appearances, and forerun dif- iblution. How applicable therefore is M. TnTot's comparifon of the malignant fever to a dog who bites without barking, to this infidious difeafe before us : L'on ap- pelle fievres malignes, celles dans lefquelles, ]e danger eft plus grand, que les fymptomes ne font efFrayants. Elles font du mal fans paroitre dangereufes; c'eft, comme on l'a fort bien dit, un chien qui mord fans aboyer. 7 7 Avis au Pcnple, ch. 17. The