Case XX.
Joseph Danbury, æt. 20, stone-cutter. Admitted on the 15th day of fever; pain of head, which has never been great, is now very slight; much vertigo; eyes sallow; no uneasiness in chest; some cough; abdomen tender; tongue brown; teeth sordid; much thirst; pulse 108.
26th. Since last report, pain of head never entirely absent; vertigo constant and distressing; pain in the right side of the head much increased to-day, while the vertigo is now gone; delirium; eyes suffused; tongue dry; pulse 120.
36th. The pain of the head and the giddiness have continued to alternate; both are now quite gone; mind confused and dull; expression of countenance wild; muscular tremor; respiration hurried.
37th. Died.
Head. Pia mater vascular; substance of brain vascular; slight effusion between the membranes and into the ventricles. Thorax. No prominent disease. Abdomen. Peritoneal coat of intestines vascular; other viscera healthy.
Case XXI.
Edward Forrester, æt. 46, cabinet-maker. Admitted on 6th day of fever. Complaint commenced with severe pain of back, loins, and epigastrium, with sense of ardent heat. At present, pain of head slight; that of epigastrium continues; tongue white, moist; no uneasiness of chest; pulse 90.
7th. Pain of head, limbs and epigastrium; tongue white, dry; pulse 96, full and strong. V.S. ad ℥xij.
8th. Pain of head gone; that of epigastrium diminished; pulse 110; blood not sizy.