Some account of the last yellow fever epidemic of British Guiana / by Daniel Blair, surgeon general of British Guiana ; edited by John Davy, inspector general of army hospitals, etc.

  • Blair, Daniel.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Some account of the last yellow fever epidemic of British Guiana / by Daniel Blair, surgeon general of British Guiana ; edited by John Davy, inspector general of army hospitals, etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. Examples of its rising 171 freauencii. Case Pulse. Pulse. 52]. Morning Afternoon 126 828. 1} OK) 108 » 1318. )) (of 5 th day) ' 70 100 986. )> (of 3rd day) - 72 120 »» 1506. » (of 3rd day) - 52 » 86 2053. - 100 )) ^Ul ^111 Udy 1 luU )) 2215. )» - 112 n (of 4tu day) 156 )) » - 92 )) (ot 8th day) 134 2. Examples of its falling 171 frecpieticy. Pulse. Pulse. Case 583. Morning - 108 Affcprnoon - 54 985. - 100 11 72 986. )) (of 2nd day) - 120 ») - 108 » 1137. - 96 JJ - 64 1277. ») (of 2nd day) - 100 )J - 64 » 1278. » (of 5th day) - 120 11 - 80 3. Examples of its falling and rising suddenly. Case 986. On 2ad day falls from 120 to 108. „ „ „ 3i'd day rises to 120, and again falls to 80. „ 1318. „ 5th day rises from 70 to 100 ; falls to 80 on morning of 6th, and to 50 in evening. „ 2215. „ 4th day rises from 112 to 156, and on 8th, from 92 to 134. The pulse is often observed to rise or fall suddenly in fre- quency shortly before death. 1. Examples of its rising. Case 381. On day of death rises from 68 to 80. „ 656. „ „ 58 to 72. „ 2080. „ „ 88 to 120. „ 2601. From 80, day before death, to 110 on day of death. „ 2609. On day of death rises from 78 to 100. 2680. „ „ 84 to 120. 2712. From 80, day before death, to 124. „ 2775. „ 100, „ 134. „ 2830. „ 80 to 96 and 116, day of death. 2. Examples of its falling. Case 367. From 120 to 98, day before death, and again rises to 120. „ 656. „ 84 to 54, „ Note. It is to be observed that these remarkable differences in the fre- quency of the pulse ai-c rai-cly accompanied by corrcspondmg febrile exa- cerbations, &c. >»