The Medical Brief; A Monthly Journal of Scientific Medicine and Surgery Volume 10, No. 7 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...country in regard to the above case, and it appears to be a puzzle all around. I have examined many different works on nearly all kinds of disease, and so far must say that I never saw, read, nor heard of anything similar to the above case. Hoping that it may come within the range of some of you, I will patiently await your response, trusting to be better informed as to what it is and the treatment. W. J. Gardner, M. D. Levasy, Mo. For the Brief. J Typhoid Fever. Editor Medical Brief: --I noticed in the May number, page 247, an article termed "Abortive Treatment in Typhoid Fever," from the pen of Dr. Alton, Yonok, Ark., he wishing to know if typhoid fever can be aborted or not. 1 will give the doctor a recent case of mine, and he can draw his own conclusions. I was called, on the 8th of May, to the child of Col. B., two years old, who, previous to my being called, was treated by its mother for eight days, thinking it was nothing but intermittent fever the child was suffering from; but becoming discouraged at her attempt to abort the fever, sent for me. I found the child with a pulse ranging from 145 to 155 pulsations per minute; tongue, thoroughly coated; dry, burning skin; sighing' respiration; tympanrtis, and entire aversion to food. I commenced by giving five grains Hydg. Mit. Sach., doses every three hours, until fifteen grains were given, before I succeeded in getting an action, which resulted in no particular change in the general symptoms. I diagnosed the case as typho-inalarial fever. The second day I repeated the above prescription, with addition of turpentine emulsions every three hours with but little better results than preceding day, fever running very high. I continued the emulsion until slight strangury presented...