Typhoid fever and typhus fever . Fig. 29. subjective complaints and for days a small, although not unduly frequent,pulse. This is an example of almost complete intermittence of the tempera- Day of the ture-curve from the first day of observation, and probably from the beginningof the fever (Fig. 30). The patient was a girl, fifteen years old, in whomenlargement of the spleen was demonstrable on the fifth day, with moderate 298 TYPHOID FEVER. distention of the abdomen and slight tenderness in the ileocecal region, andfrom the seventh to the thirteenth day two or three thin, pea-soup-l
Typhoid fever and typhus fever . Fig. 29. subjective complaints and for days a small, although not unduly frequent,pulse. This is an example of almost complete intermittence of the tempera- Day of the ture-curve from the first day of observation, and probably from the beginningof the fever (Fig. 30). The patient was a girl, fifteen years old, in whomenlargement of the spleen was demonstrable on the fifth day, with moderate 298 TYPHOID FEVER. distention of the abdomen and slight tenderness in the ileocecal region, andfrom the seventh to the thirteenth day two or three thin, pea-soup-likestools were passed daily. The mother of the patient had died shortlybefore from an attack of the gravest form of typhoid fever, with intestinalhemorrhage. The following case will serve as an example of true typhoid fever of themildest type. The patient was a man, forty-one years old, who had beenunder treatment in the hospital for months for tabes dorsalis, but otherwisehe was robust and well nourished. The onset of the disease, which was notpreceded by prodromes, was attended with chilliness. As early as the firstday enlargement of the spleen was demonstrable by percussion, and on thethird day as we
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