A description of the influenza; with its distinction and method of cure / by R. Hamilton, M.D.

  • Hamilton, Robert, 1749-1830.
Date:
1782
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Credit: A description of the influenza; with its distinction and method of cure / by R. Hamilton, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( *7 ) DIAGNOSTIC. It is no difficult talk to diftinguifli it from an inflammation of the lungs, and pleura. The ftate of the pulfe, which in this com¬ plaint is for the moll part foft and feeble, in the pleura generally full and hard, would of itfelf fuffice for this purpofe; but the co¬ ryza, which never takes place in the pleu- rify, will be Hill a farther mark: nor are there found in pleurify thofe wandering pains over the body, fo univerfal in this difcafe. It has, indeed, a nearer refem- blance and connexion with the catarrh. In both we often meet with coryza, pains in the head, and over the body; but the fporadic nature of the one, appearing only in thofe perfons who have been expofed in a particular manner to cold, and the epide¬ mic nature of the other, attacking aimofl: every one indifcriminately, without diftinc- tion of fex, age, or fituation, will dired us \