Collected essays in preventive medicine : infection & disinfection, temperature observations on children, the period of infection in epidemic diseases, and the renal signs of disorders of nutrition / by William Squire.

  • Squire William, 1826-1899.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Collected essays in preventive medicine : infection & disinfection, temperature observations on children, the period of infection in epidemic diseases, and the renal signs of disorders of nutrition / by William Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    followed, at least when the health of the child was not de- fective. Diagram of two mild cases of parotitis. 100° s 100° \ \ 98° i 1 2 3 4 5 6 A little girl, five years old, was sent from home on March 14th, because her brother came from school on March 11th, with an illness which proved to be mumps ; on March 28th she felt slight soreness of throat in eating her dmner; by night the right parotid was swelled and painful, temperature 99 4° 31st.—Pulse 80 ; respiration 30 j temperature 98-3 ; and though some swelling might be ^^^i^^^J;!^/; ^ week, no subsequent febrile disturbance could be detected A younger brother three years old, who weut from home at the Lme time to another house, was first noticed to be amiss on April 2nd and was restless at night; 3rd complained of rtiroat swelling donbtful, febrile at night; 4th, both parotids pa affected. Pulse 120; respiration 18; temperature fnrecto'lOO-6- axilla 99°; neither in the mou^^^^^^^^^^ the sides of the neck could a temperature o 99 ^^ oU.med , 7th submaxillary slightly affected, temperature 98 4 axilla. Tl^s child was subject to sudden rises of temperature from apparentl^^^^^^ be suffered severely with both measles Xhooping-cough, and might have been expected to show colderable temperature disturbance in this complaint, had consideraoie p ^.^^ excellent hygiemc he not had t^e ^^^^^^^^^^^^ J,,,,^ an instance of the posi- of the eruption of varicella. ,