Case LI.
George Carter, æt. 28. Admitted on the 4th day of scarlet fever: throat sore; deglutition painful; cough; no pain of chest or abdomen; nausea; tendency to vomiting; no pain of head; mind distinct; pulse 108, weak.
5th. No pain; eyes suffused; pulse 120, firmer.
6th. Mind confused; eruption partial, interspersed with papulæ; tongue of strawberry appearance, and rough from prominence of papillæ; pulse 124.
7th. Delirium, so violent as to require restraint; no sleep; pulse 120.
8th. Eruption changed to copper-colour; tongue dry; pulse 112.
10th. Inflammation of parotid gland.
18th. Tumour of left parotid exceedingly hard and slowly suppurating; slight difficulty in swallowing; pulse 96.
21st. Tumour opened last night and discharged two ounces of bloody pus; pulse 108.
28th. Alternately mended a little and then fell back to his former state until last night, when swelling of right wrist and left knee came on, attended with excruciating pain and great heat without any discoloration: 12 leeches have been applied with considerable relief: mind confused; no sleep; countenance anxious; face flushed; rigors; pulse 135.