Essays on the most important diseases of women. Part 1, Puerperal fever; [and] On the method of induction and its results in medical science / by Robert Ferguson.

  • Ferguson, Robert, 1799-1865.
Date:
1839
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    Gooch. Dug^:s. Boivin. 1. Inflammatory. 2. Typhoid. Blundell, (The Lancet.) 1. The mild epidemic, with little peritonitic ten- 2. Malignant epidemic, with great. 3. Sporadic. Peritonitis confined. Busch, (Gemeine Zeitschrift,) Appears to have abstracted from the numerous va- rieties he has detailed, an entity, which he has termed puerperal fever. The cause of which is a hindrance in the actions of the puerperal functions, if I may be permitted the expression—preventing the organs from returning to their ordinary state. VARIETIES IN THE LOCAL EFFECTS. 1. Fever with local inflammation of the Abdomen. 2 of the Cranium. 3 of the Thorax. 4 of the Extremities. VARIETIES IN THE CHARACTER OF THE FEVER. 1. Gastric fever. 2. Nervous fever. 3. Typhus fever. 4. Petechial fever.