A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith.

  • Nathan Smith
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1824
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Credit: A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing to the cuticle, on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, a corrugated appearance and a light colour, as if it had been long ma- cerated in water. In such cases, the perspi- ration is warm till a short time before the pa- tient expires. I have never seen an instance of recovery after this kind of sweating. After the fever begins to decline, the per- spiration becomes universal, especially while the patient sleeps; in this case it is not very profuse and produces a cooling and not. un- pleasant effect. The skin has a peculiarly dirty appearance, and feels harsh and dry except when covered with perspiration. Insome instances the sur- face of the patient’s body communicates to the touch a sense of scalding, or a certain 39 Is sometimes general. Colour and feel of the skin. cribe, but, when we are accustomed to it, readily distinguished from the sensation given in any other fever, which would Bemiaps _ equally affect the irendlmoten ~~ In the advanced stage, it is not uncommon for boils to appear ; if they have a bright red colour and proceed to suppuration, it is a fa- is ti
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