An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa : particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778 / by William Withering.

  • Withering, William, 1741-1799.
Date:
1793
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa : particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778 / by William Withering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    possessed in the summer months, but which it had lost during the cold winds in October^ Subjects. It affected children more tlian adults; but seldom occurred in the former under two years of age, or in the latter when more than fifty. In children the number of boys and girls that suftered from it was nearly equal, but in adults the number of female patients considerably exceeded that of the male; probably because the former were more employed in attendance upon the sick, and conse- quently more exposed to the infection. Mode of at- On the first seizure the patients felt an unusual weariness, or inaptitude to motion; a dejection of spirits, and a slight soreness or rather, stiffness in the throat; with a sense of tightness in the muscles of the neck and shoulders, as if they were bound with cords. This symptom sometimes became very painful, so that it was difficult to prevail upon the younger patients to throw their heads sufficiently back, to allow of a full, inspection of the throat. In a few hours