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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    Abscesses. Dangerous symptoms in children. greatly resembled the specks or sloughs in tho ulcerated Sore Throat, but they were easily washed away by the injection of any common gargle.-—After the Fever ceased, it was not uncommon to have abscesses form on one or both sides of the neck under the ears, but the matter easily discharged itself through the ruptured teguments, and they healed in a few days, without much trouble.— The above is a picture of the disease as it then most usually appeared ; but it too frequently assumed a much more threatening aspect; for in children, the delirium commenced in a few hours after the first seizure, which was marked by symptoms of extreme debility. The flesh was intensely hot: the scarlet colour appeared on the first or second day, and they died very early on the third. In others, who survived this rapid termination, when the scarlet colour turned to brown, and their recovery might have been expected, the pulse still remained feeble and quick, the skin became dry and harsh, the mouth parched.