Cases of apoplexy and lethargy: with observations upon the comatose diseases / By J. Cheyne.

  • Cheyne, John, 1777-1836.
Date:
1812
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Credit: Cases of apoplexy and lethargy: with observations upon the comatose diseases / By J. Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    so His breathing was interrupted, and he was car- ried off in the course of the day. ‘Finally, the patient does not appear at his usual hour in the morning. His servant goes to call him, and finds him dead, with his counte- nance livid and distorted. The absence of heat, which, after this disease, the corpse retains long, shows that he had died in the early part of the night. Let us now consider more particularly how all the functions are affected by this disease. I shall describe, first, the introductory symptoms, and then the state of the various functions during the attack. Some of the appearances observed before the apoplectic fit, which are vulgarly thought to promise long life, are, in reality, the effects of disease. ‘The fulness of the body is often at- tended with debility of the bronchial membrane, as evinced by wheezing and frequent attacks of catarrh. There is languor, which stimulating liquors confirm, although they relieve it while. their immediate effects last. There is inactivity and muscular debility, which few men, advanced in life, are willing to acknowledge. And, to the discerning observer, the ruddiness of the