Case of hidrosis, or hidrotic fever : with remarks / by John C.W. Lever.

  • Lever, John C. W., 1811-1858.
Date:
1837
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Credit: Case of hidrosis, or hidrotic fever : with remarks / by John C.W. Lever. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G is 135; the diaphoresis considerable, and of a peculiar earthy smell; the mental excitement increased. Rep. Haust. c. Tr. Hyoscy. h. s. On the fourth day of delivery (May 10th).—She has slept but little; her pulse is 110; the diaphoresis is less, and the mental excitement diminished; lochia moderate. On the fifth day of delivery (May 11th).—At four o’clock in the morning-, she was seized with smart general rigors, which lasted for some time, and were attended with violent palpitations of the heart, dysp- noea, &c: these were followed by most profuse diapho- resis; she complained of a dull sore pain in the left iliac region, behind the internal abdominal ring, which pain, although increased by pressure, was not materially so; there was sub-tympanites; the lochia were said to be more abundant, but on examining the napkins, they appear as if stained with a sanguineo-purulent fluid (half blood, half pus), not offensive; there was a mode- rate secretion of milk (this was accurately observed); the countenance was free from anxiety, the eyes bright, the tongue clean and moist, the pulse 150, the bowels not opened, the urine plentiful, notwithstanding the diaphoresis. She was ordered — Hirudines, viij. stat. applicand. part. dol. postea Catap. Lini. R Hyd. Cldoridi, gr. iij ; Opii, gr. ss. s. s. R Ol. Ricini, 5SS. hor. duab. post. Pulv. sun tend. R Liq. Ammon. Acet. 5].; Sp. /Eth. Nit. Tinct. Ilyos- cyami, 5jss-5 Mist. Campb. 3V. M. ccij. 4tis horis ineip. post, operat. Ol. Ricini. (I may here remark, that her nurse yesterday got her out of bed, and placed her in a sitting posture, and there is every reason to believe had given her some damp articles of clothing.)