Contributions to the pathology of the heart / by John Abercrombie.

  • Abercrombie John, 1780-1844.
Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Contributions to the pathology of the heart / by John Abercrombie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CASE IV. On the 9th of August 1821, I was consulted about a girl, aged twelve, on account of erysipelas of the face. It was not severe, being nearly con- fined to the right cheek, but was accompanied by a considerable degree of fever, which had rather a typhoid type, but without any appearance of dan- ger, the only remarkable symptom being a great ob- stinacy of the bowels. The case was of three days standing. For several days more the bowels resist- ed various remedies, with antimonials, &c., but at last yielded ; and, about the twelfth day of the dis- ease, the case had every appearance of terminating favourably. About the sixth or seventh day, I had found her in the morning complaining of pain in the left side, for which bleeding was recommended, but it was not done, on account of the pain sub- siding soon after the visit: it was never complained of again, and the breathing was natural. On the 12th, 13th, and 14th days, all the appearances were favourable. The erysipelas had terminated by des- quamation,—the fever had subsided,—the tongue was clean,—the appetite returning. On the morn- ing of the 15th day, she appeared low and depressed, in a manner which was not easily accounted for, considering that she had been taking food with ap- petite for two days, and on that morning taken her breakfast with relish ; her pulse was slow, and ra- ther irregular, and the body cold. The coldness in-