Typhus fever : with particular reference to the Serbian epidemic. . lescence,the patient could use his hands fairly well. The nature of thecondition is uncertain. Cardiac Complications, apparently, were not numerous al-though a weak and rapid pulse often heralded the approach ofdeath several days in advance. The rate and character of thepulse, the variations in blood-pressure and the pathology havealready been described. Acute endocarditis is regarded as one of the very rare com-plications of typhus. We had two cases of endocarditis butowing to the lack of data regarding the early part of the
Typhus fever : with particular reference to the Serbian epidemic. . lescence,the patient could use his hands fairly well. The nature of thecondition is uncertain. Cardiac Complications, apparently, were not numerous al-though a weak and rapid pulse often heralded the approach ofdeath several days in advance. The rate and character of thepulse, the variations in blood-pressure and the pathology havealready been described. Acute endocarditis is regarded as one of the very rare com-plications of typhus. We had two cases of endocarditis butowing to the lack of data regarding the early part of the illnesswhen a typical typhus rash may have been present, the diag-nosis of typhus remains in doubt. Autopsy No. 2 showed many large, recent vegetations on thevalves. In the case of Autopsy No. 26 the lesions were of thesmall verrucous type and there were few of them. Thrombus formation in the auricles is generally regarded asnot uncommon in typhus so that pulmonary infarction orhemiplegia might result. In two of the cases autopsied by Dr. 1 Danielopolu: loc. Fig. 2. Three cases of slight gangrene following typhus fever
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