Observations on fevers, especially those of the continued type; and on the scarlet fever attended with ulcerated sore-throat, as it appeared at Newcastle upon Tyne in ... 1778. Together with a comparative view of that epidemic with the scarlet fever as described by authors, and the angina maligna / [John Clark].

  • Clark, John, 1744-1805
Date:
1792
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Credit: Observations on fevers, especially those of the continued type; and on the scarlet fever attended with ulcerated sore-throat, as it appeared at Newcastle upon Tyne in ... 1778. Together with a comparative view of that epidemic with the scarlet fever as described by authors, and the angina maligna / [John Clark]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cuticle kept peeling off in thick fcales; and the {welling of the belly had abated, 27th day. Little alteration; the mercurial was ordered to be given at bed-time, and the infu/um_fenne in the morning. 28th day. The vomiting recurred with fo much violence, that the purging infufion ‘was not given. She was very feverifh and feeble. A fpoonful of the decoction of the bark, with a faline Caughts was prefcribed every two hours. “& 29th day. She refufed to take the medi- cine; the vomiting continued; the dropfical fwelling increafed ; the had more fever, and breathed with the utmoft difficulty. A blif- | ter was directed betwixt the fhoulders; a | plafter with ¢heriac and camphor was ap- plied to the pit of the ftomach; and the fa-_ line julep, formerly prefcribed, was repeated. + 30th day. The vomiting had abated; the blifter difcharged much ferum; her refpira- tion was better; but her pulfe was 128, and the whole body continued anafarcous. | Yi 320