On the temperature of the body as a means of diagnosis in phthisis and tuberculosis / by Sydney Ringer.

Date:
1865
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Credit: On the temperature of the body as a means of diagnosis in phthisis and tuberculosis / by Sydney Ringer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This was a very severe case of phthisis. At the post-mortem extensive depositions of tu- bercle with cavities were found in both lungs. There was no albumen in the urine. The morning temperature varied between 100° and 101°; that of the evening varied between 102° and 104° Fah. CASE XXII. Elizabeth Wells, set. 8. This was a case of acute general tuberculosis with very extensive deposit in the left ]ung. The patient was under observation from June 12th to July 12th, on which day she died. During this time the temperature was generally normal in the morning, but always rose in the evening to some point between 103° and 104°. CASE XXIII, Kate Rush, eat. 21. Admitted May 1st, 1864. Patient dates her illness from last November, since which time she has lost flesh. At the time of her admission she was pale and rather thin. Her tongue was clean, appetite pretty