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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    to recover, than when they retain their ordi- occurring after the disease has existed some days, indicates great danger. In some instances, the power of absorption As the fever abates, the cellular substance ap- pears to be loaded, the muscular power is weakened, and the limb feels heavy and un- wieldly. In some cases, it is eventually restored, in others, the enlargement continues through life. After the fever has subsided entirely, and generally gains flesh. very fast, and often ac- quires a greater size and weight than he we sessed before the attack. I This increase in size takes place much ear- ® e ey Veg * e i lier and more rapidly than the acquirement of muscular strength. In cases where the disease has been very severe and the patient has recovered, the hair +. t . “ al $ PISS. mvoa, : ; Vins + poy ee SS . ARG x é Al Absorption diminished in one extremi- ty. Patient on re- covery gains flesh rapidly : More so than muscular strength. Hair some- times falls off,
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