An inaugural dissertation on the scarlatina anginosa : as it prevailed in this city.

  • Taylor, Willett, -1811.
Date:
1793
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the scarlatina anginosa : as it prevailed in this city. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HISTORY of the DISEASE. THIS difeafe generally began with anorexia, naufea, and fometimes vomiting; great laffitudc, chiilinefs, and fhivering: the patient loon complained of an head-ach; and a ftifFnefs was commonly- felt about the neck, with fome uneafinefs in the in- ternal fauces. Upon looking into the mouth, the velum pendulum palati, tonfils, and uvula appeared of a red colour: as the rednefs increased, a number of white or afh-coloured fpots made their appear- ance, which at length became as many ulcers. Deglutition was fometimes painful and difficult, the refpiration quick and laborious; but the breath at this ftage of the difeafe was not ofTenhVe: the tongue was covered with a white fur, and the mouth and fauces loaded with mucus. Thefe fymptoms were attended with fome degree of coryza, but not fo much as to prove troublefome. The patient was now affedled with alternate chills and heats, the ikin grew hot, and the pulfe became rather hard and full. There was generally in the evening an exacer- ' bation of the fever, and the patient grew reftiefs, and fometimes delirious. B Upon