The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-16 00:00:00

THE "CONTINUED" FEVER.

(From the Spectator.)
h Among the peculiarities of the late, or present, un-
t,ealthY season, appears to be the extension of what the
e. •
nghsh practitioners denominate " continued fever," and
the French are believed to distinguish by the titles of
gastric" and " gastro-enteritis." It may possibly be no
more than was known to our ancestors and ancestresses
by some such name as" slow fever :" and slow enough it
is, for six or eight weeks appear to be the term it chooses
for its duration. In Paris it prevails particularly among
children ; and it is there that. in the hospitals set apart
for thi diiwases of childhood, its nature and origin ap-
pear first •to have been observed and ascertained. A
classy of fever was, found " intractable ;" which means
that the patients died. At last it was ascertained upon
dissection, that the cause was in an inflammation of the
coats of the stomach and smaller intestines. The prac-
tice was altered ; bleeding was substituted for stimulat-
ing aperients ; and the disorder became comparatively
`• tractable" and mild.
By " continued fever" the English practitioners de-
scribe the quality by which the external signs of fever
neither remit nor intermit. In the same negative man-
ner, it appears to be distinguished from typhus and the
eruptive fevers in general, by the absence of their cha•
raeteristic symptoms. Its attack is frequently insidious ;
commencing with the appearances of a cold, or of the
Prevalent influenza. In a few days they go off, leaving
the patient with no symptoms but those of listlessness
and the sensation the French call mal-wise. At about
a week from the original attack, the disorder returns in
the shape of what is popularly termed high fever, pulse
120 and above, hest and dryness of skin, wandering or
4 eliejarn, according to the virulence of the disorder and
the
degree in which it may have been met by an anti-
'`)Tirnmatory treatment. A tendency to diarrhea is the
0 ntY symptom which to an unskilled eye could suggest
the
_. seat and origin of the complaint : a remarkable in-
stance of the bearing of anatomical examination upon
araedicine. In favourable cases, the symptoms cease to
actOtince about the ninth day, continue fluctuating till
at the twentv-first, after which the improvement,
though invisible -from day to day, is continued for the
next three or four weeks, leaving an apparently inter-
Min
titc:hle acceleration of the pulse, which nothing. but
aud the gradual corroboration el the habit will
reduce.
ai In all this, the importance of an early and correct
pl"sis is most prominent ; and if the present non-
ibti- essional commentary has the effect in any cases of
sci 9eing an early appeal to the aids of experience and
euce, its object will be attained.
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t Colonel Henry James Riddell, Asc;istant-Quar-
171naster-General, northern district of Ireland, has arrived in
übliti from the Continent, having been on sick leave of ab-
"ee ee; in a few days he will resume the duties of his depart-
APPROACHING TT APPROACHING CHANGES OF THE STA-
i-", OF THE VARIOUS REGIMENTS IN CANADA.—IHtiMa-
?I'
has been conveyed to the Commanding Officers of Regi-
41etnt serving in the Canadas, of the changes of stations.
eltemplat d at the openino- ot the navigation.subjoin a
Lie of th:present arid future stations of the several corps !
REGIMENTS. JANUARY, 140.
Grenadier Guards Montreal t
11th
15th
th
a
34th
43d
65th
66th
Montreal
Quebec
St. Helen's
Montreal
Toronto
Amherstburgh
Drummondville
5 Isle an Noix
Kingston
Lapraire
St. John's
MAY, 1840.
Quebec.
Coldstream Guards Quebec
Royals
London, U.C.
f Sorel and
Three Rivers.
St. Helens.
24
Kingston.
32
Toronto.
5 Toronto and
Kingston.
Amherstburgh.
5 Lapraire and
1 He aux Noix.
Montreal.
71st
St. John's.
73d London, U.C.
Montreal.
V 4 83d Kingston f London and
1; Sandwich.
I'.. 85th St. Thomas's Montreal.
>, 93d Toronto Drummondville.
"-united Service Gazette.
1 .1.-',ORI) PALMERSTON.—Mr. John Story Pen
le LORD
nas been appointed her Majesty's British Consul
',-,,_"' This gentleman is well knosvn to the Liberals of
hi-y..7l'l'4ton, and equally respected by all of them who, like
n-,Te1,., hare stuck through evil report and through good re-
;".r' to their ennobling principles. This appointment is entirely
t.,-,"'g to Lord Palmerston, and the manly consideration of the
-\,,,''‘. Under all the circtsms:tances of the case, cannot be other-
'n.l'e„than duly appreciated and admired by every liberal mind
lb,`tns town or district. The letter of John Iremonger
Palmerston
in another column, again displays the character of Lord
annerston in its true light. Haw the libels of party melt like
st„l_ I,:,'T in the glance of truth I The Minister must at times be
a—`"---but the Man's the Man for a' that. We never yet met
(.1Y one who had been permitted intercourne, on business or
fuerwise, with the much-abused Lord Palmerston, but who
irlaelY admitted that he had only to be known to be esteemed.—
oTsh ire Independent.
`TheIHE LATE ADMIRAL BURRARD NEALE.
'
theate Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Bart , have already
„„;i
'ang a fortnight)amounted to more than SOO/. The Queen
has tendered her sub,cription of and the Princess
4gasa and the Duchess of Gloucester, alsoo 50/. each.
c,
\vePENNy POST AGE.—ADH ESIVE, :7,T AMPS.—
have much Ia , in
wi__
of j: e st.re . informing our readers that :Air.
t th ic, Rush-mills, near this town, has obtained the order for
i sheeteSupply of the penny adhesive stamps. We have seen a
1 of the paper adopted by the Government. It is divided
itt, three compartments, each containing two hundred and
forty small water-mark crowns; under each of these there will
i 4. a medallion of the Queen's head, and the rice of the
1‘il•- Although each sheet will contain seven hundred and
p
'7',llty stamps, and when printed be equal in value to three
tt,,Quhdli, still sufficient room is lt tt ech penny. stamp may
, "e eut out. I
" • ••
t is an ingenious vet simple invention.—North-
i ctinpton Herald.
ow I Iftrau..— .