Diphtheria : its symptoms and treatment / by William Jenner.

  • Jenner, William, Sir, 1815-1898.
Date:
1861
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    of which the innervation is most commonly dis- ordered are some of those to which the par vagum is distributed, viz., the pharynx, the stomach, and the heart; that the disorder may affect all or some of the motor and sensitive nerves, or the motor or the sensitive nerves of the trunk or of the extremities, as well as the nerves of special sense. 14. That these disorders of the nervous system are to be treated on general principles, and that as anaemia (sometimes even a high degree of it) is a common concomitant, restoratives, including steel, are indicated.* 15. That an extreme fall in the frequency of the heart's beats during the disease, or as a result of one of the nervous derangements succeeding it, is a fatal sign; and that decidedly diminished power in the inspiratory muscles is probably of equal significance. 16. That delirium, frequent and uncontrollable * I have not had an opportunity of examining after death, a case in which disordered innervation was a promi- nent symptom; but, judging from the character of the symptoms, I should not expect to find any appreciable change in the structure of the brain, spinal cord, or nerves. In the few cases that have been examined by others, no change has been detected.