An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa : particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778. To which are now prefixed, some remarks on the nature and cure of the ulcerated sore throat / by William Withering.

  • Withering, William, 1741-1799.
Date:
1793
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Credit: An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina anginosa : particularly as it appeared at Birmingham in the year 1778. To which are now prefixed, some remarks on the nature and cure of the ulcerated sore throat / by William Withering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    chilly fits took place, generally alternat¬ ing with flushing heats; but at length the heat prevailed altogether. The patients now complained of slight head, ache, and transitory fits of sickness* They pafsed a restless night, not so much from pain as from want of inclination to sleep* The next day the soreness in the Second day,, throat increased, and they found a diffi¬ culty in swallowing, but the difficulty seemed less occasioned by the pain excited in the attempt, or by the straitness of the passage, than by an inability to throw the necessary muscles into action. A total disrelish to food took place, and the sickness frequently arose to a vomiting* The breathing was short, and often inter¬ rupted by a kind of imperfect sigh. The skin felt hot and dry, but not hard ; and the patients experienced frequent, small, pungent pains in different parts of the skin, as if touched with the point of a needle. Towards evening the heat and restlessness increased ; the breath became hot and burning to the lips ; the patients wished to drink, but the tendency to