Diphtheria : its symptoms and treatment / by William Jenner.

  • Jenner, William, Sir, 1815-1898.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Diphtheria : its symptoms and treatment / by William Jenner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In a case I saw with Dr. Part, of Camden Koad Villas, the young lady, about 18 years of age, exhibited no laryngeal symptoms. When Dr. Part first saw her on December 17, 1858, there was very trifling sore throat, with little or no constitutional disorder. The febrile disturbance throughout was extremely trifling, and although the mucous membrane of the pharynx was soon covered with a creamy-looking layer of lymph, the patient swallowed both liquids and solids without difficulty. The pulse was from the first very rapid and weak. At our last visit, on the afternoon of the 26th December, Dr. Part and myself were accompanied by a surgeon who had seen little of the disease in this epidemic. The patient had eaten some chicken for dinner; she sat up in bed, and, though very anxious about her own state,* laughed, and talked to us without dif- ficulty. Dr. Part and I agreed that she had not many hours to live, so rapid and so feeble was her pulse, notwithstanding the quantity of support she was taking. The surgeon, who had not felt her pulse, and judged alone from her aspect and voice, said, I should have had no idea she was in great * Her sister had died just before of diphtheria.