Notes of lectures on the theory and practice of medicine : delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia / by John Eberle.

  • Eberle, John, 1787-1838.
Date:
1827
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    the next morning. In like manner, the pa- roxysm of an anticipating ague, occurring at eight o'clock in the morning, will have its next paroxysm on the evening of the day preceding that on which it should happen. (Wilson.) Favourable, when the paroxysms are postponed; unfavourable, when anticipated. Attypic or erratic fevers: no regular type; rheu- matism—catarrhal fever. Fevers often change their type—the conversion of type seldom suddenly effected. CHAPTER VI. PARTICULAR FEVERS. OF INTERMITTING FEVERS. General Character. A succession of regularly re- curring febrile paroxysms—commencing with chills, and terminating in profuse perspiration, with intervals of perfect intermission from fever. Types: the quotidian, the tertian, the quartan, and complications of these primary types. Stages: the cold, the hot, and the sweating stages. Symptoms—Of the cold stage : lassitude, yawn- ing; skin pale and shrunk; pulse small and frequent; rigors more or less strong; mind confused and inattentive—when violent, co- matose ; urine pale and crude; thirst great; respiration quick and anxious; lasts from fif- teen minutes to several hours. Hot stage: at first, nausea and bilious vomiting; skin hot and dry; face flushed and full; puls<