Practical illustrations of the scarlet fever, measles, and pulmonary consumption ; with observations on the efficacy of sulphureous waters in chronic complaints. / By John Armstrong.

  • John Armstrong
Date:
1818
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Credit: Practical illustrations of the scarlet fever, measles, and pulmonary consumption ; with observations on the efficacy of sulphureous waters in chronic complaints. / By John Armstrong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    subjects of the soundest constitutions that we ever see simple excitement uncombinedly exist throughout a disease; and the reason why it so frequently occasions inflammation is, that some tissue or other had been secretly in fault before its occurrence. Constitutional shocks are by far the most common causes of internal inflammation; and the precise seat of that inflammation is deter- mined by some antecedent defect in the organ attacked. But it is time to pursue the inquiry of the scarlet fever. SCARLATINA ANGINOSA. The Scarlatina Anginosa is more strictly an in- flammatory form of the disease, and attacks nearly in the same way as the simple scarlet fever. But to greater degrees of’chilliness, head-ache, and rest- lessness, in the first stage, are superadded a marked oppression of the praecordia, and prostration of the 'voluntary powers, with nausea, retching, or vomit- ing. The efflorescence most commonly appears on the skin within the first three days from the de- velopment of the excitement, and about the same time redness and swelling are observable on the internal fauces ; the patient complains of stiffness in the neck an(| jaw, and fulness as well as soreness in the throat, particularly when he attempts to speak or to swallow. The pulse is throughout quicker than in the simple scarlet fever; the thirst greater; the tongue drier, and more florid at the edges; the uneasiness in the head more distinctly
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