Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-01-23
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FOR TnE SPECTATOR.
DOCTOR JagE TODD,
Precedent oft5e .Ilaica1 .Societv:

@ess '''sai e'Sielilc 'aaI mas ever come ahaef
NJ observatory as a practitioner OF medicine
III Tie western country Tor the last seven years.
and although ao'ahS' N ITS A'''''y may be novel
70 me man 81 medical research yet an con-
s4i'ee'i rs occurrence II tn's o1'oa.e' viii he
ne" 10 many as practitioners and possibly be-
neiielai 10 the Pabhc' should providence per-
nit a more general spread o. This (to me- truly
criocai ieh or. mat fever is&" Unit as par
"ca'afi} aeaned BY III Hush, l have not Tor
se'ef"i years eht@fsa'Hed doubt; hnf an
asa convinced 1iiat some J'r;r9 are OF iaHch
more MAJ. snaht type tl'n Others and there
i9.e require a more immediate resort to ned
ca AL oi "a'ch type consider the fever now
pafaca'"fiy aiioded TO ; and that the bn6Fe at
'ea'iol' may be essentially called to This impor-
'''i' P''1a' IS 'ne principal '!1eci OF tins history
aoo4S TIE haaa'e oi the last month"; was
c"ee1 Oh 10 2Isitthe tam'y OF Captan Fians-
Ii 'arfls' respectable citizen o. IU@ey HI
setae'hehf. / found two ct his sons, and Il
young mar boarding n 'ho house. labofin@ u9.
der the prevalence q fever, which upon eza-
nination discovered to be extremely J#sa#
and Of a decidedly Malignant nervous type
Tie e'szs' Of The bratacrs, aboutmneteeayesrs
q ~, completely COM. ose on the siath or
ss'@n.h d. of the fever, having been Isl ha
evacuated. bat PROSTATE "a the extreme, Wit.
With every marx OF present and increasing ru-
,2eseaey' lis pulse generally about l2o n he
i'.lnate, his eounicnmce N'id, his tongue black
AMI cfested, his discharges black aad fetid.
Every cHe1tlon was made 70 produce deter
mtnai1on 20 the surface, TO excite and support
the sHs' en-. IL complained oi no pain, kept
al asn'st eoa5'an- ic)icrelt ml..crag and
&5out the 18th day expired without q Struggle.
With the other two cases the fever inter
United daily. During the eXacerbaton tbe
coantenance might with propricty be termed
rosy; the pulse about 100, No apprehension
Of immediate danger WIS At fist entertained;
bat the disease evidently gained ground b.
| slow and nsi ous grada.ans. from the - h L,
the 18th and 20th, in defiance 0feeery a2fe.
shon from the customary ambitious, daPhu-
retic, exciting, and other remedies. In or
case, mercnr'@ acton being excited pa. Il
sop 10 the progress fthe :~rcr; fortae otic !,
a hope OF recovery IS now entertained, lhoae'
for many Gays and nights ilst fears Of speca}
dissolution were felt BY al.
! Some lev d9Fs u. q The Geccase Of the fns
hro' her, Was cal'cd on to visit sec nd, being
a nan OF t"Fn y, who hNi been ini.spased fr
several Gays, IS nc supposed with u 81 ight CO :,
! which appeared however 0 be gaining gronnd.
| found him sitting w, w,,h a cool sSin a4a
purple eonntenance; muscular strength greet :
| ~ proslrated, and suffering much from AJAX etg
ofmind; pulse about 100, astonishingly feeble
Slight pain in the head, with heaviness; his
tongue on the back covered with white fir,
body generally ola deep red the sceroic'
Or external coat Of the eTe, red or naamed
/ felt no hesitation in pronouncing It the sane
fever that IS described above; and being pre-
Ylonsiy convinced Of its extremely bilious type
ADVISED IN emetic, which was attended with
a free and copious discharge Of bile. Alter lis
operation light disposition to perspire being
apparent, il was thought advisable to encour.
aSe it for some hours. Alright about grains
o. caomel were administered, and carried Of
n the morning with few grains Of ialap. be-
ling aware of the danger arising from drastic
purges. The discharge Of bile was again free
and copious; but notwithstanding all the pre-