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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883. Excerpt: ... ILLUSTKATIVE CASES. Case 1.--Diphtheria. Slight attack. Becovery. Mrs. K., set. 60. Stout and healthy. Complained on June 16th, 1859, of feeling unwell, and as if she had caught cold. This was followed by great languor and feebleness, and disinclination to any effort. The tongue became dry, and soon there was soreness of the throat, and pain and difficulty in swallowing. On the following morning the whole pharynx was seen to be slightly swollen, congested, and red--the redness being of a dark, almost claret, colour, and most marked on the left side of the pharynx, on the left tonsil, and left half of the palate. The tonsil was also considerably swollen, and on its surface were six or eight small, white, squarish patches of membranous matter. The pulse was small and weak, not quick. The skin was relaxed. The whole throat was now mopped out with hydrochloric acid diluted with twice its bulk of water, and she was ordered some port wine, and to take half a drachm of the tincture of sesquichloride of iron at intervals. She was at once somewhat relieved by these measures; and by the next morning the throat was free from membrane, and the redness of a much brighter colour. The left tonsil, however, looked as if superficially excoriated. From this time she steadily improved. The feelings of depression gradually passed off. The throat improved in appearance, and in a few days she was nearly well. She continued to take the tincture of iron for several days. Case 2.--Diphtheria. Slight attack. Recovery. Mr. 8., set. 19. When seen on October 10th, 1867, had been ill three days. His illness was believed to be due to exposure to the contagion of diphtheria, which was prevalent in the village in which he lived. Twenty-four hours after this exposure he had had a shiverin...
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