An inaugural dissertation on the influenza : submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College, in the state of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president ; for the degree of Doctor of Physic, on the sixth day of May, 1794 / by Peter Irving, citizen of the state of New-York.

  • Irving, Peter, 1772-1838.
Date:
1794
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the influenza : submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College, in the state of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president ; for the degree of Doctor of Physic, on the sixth day of May, 1794 / by Peter Irving, citizen of the state of New-York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    much, both in the manner and order in which they occurred, that an accurate enumeration of them is ex- tremely difficult. It ufually came on with cold fhiver- ing, alternating with fenfations of heat; pain or fore- nefs in all the limbs, with a difinclination to motion; obtufe pain in the forehead, dizzinefs, and vertigo; lofs of appetite, naufea, and frequently vomiting. To thefe fucceeded a fenfe of heat, and fulnefs in the nofe, inraoft cafes, andfometimes epiftaxis. The eyes be- came ftitFand fore, and adifchargeof a thin acrimoni- ous fluid foon took place from both nofe and eyes, fol- lowed by fneezing and cough. The cough was often one of the primary fymptoms: it was generally at firft dry; but as the difcafe advanced, was attended with a copious expectoration. It was accompanied with difficulty of breathing, unufual fenfation of heat in the mouth and fauces, hoarfenefs, frequently an inflammation of the throat, and confequent difficult deglutition. The fkin was dry and hot; tongue com- monly white and moift, without much thirft j fome- times a diarrhoea was prefent, at other times an in- clination to coftivenefs, but in general the excretions were natural. A great variety was obfervable in the pulfe. It was, however, commonly at the com- mencement of the difeafe full and foft; but often be- came in a fhort time fmall and weak. There was fre- quently a confiderable degree of languor, laffitude, and deprefiion of fpirits from the beginning. The