The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-01

RERMIA.


EAAkAASAL VI SSAGASNl - eATS NV hAN ~
information on the disease which at thl
, moment attracts special attention on AZ
count Of the Presidents case. As early a
1858, Virchow wrote in the annals Of III
Charte Hospital" an article on the subject
which is based entirely on his own person
al investigations at the bedside, in the dis
secting room, and in tle laboratory. Al
abstract OF the most important points o
the paper will be Of interest:
He speaks very briefly Of the innocuoul
form OF the disease familiarity known q
mumps, and treats exclusively Of the grave
form which superyenes in the course o
grave diseases, such us pneumonia, pner
peral fever, typhus, measles and glanders
He refers to other treaties OF his ("Gesam
mettee Abhandfungen eur Wissenchaftli
chen Medicin," PIP, $50, $40, in which he
has shown that the phenomena belonging
to sO-called pyRmia may be Classed under
two heads, one class comprising the phe'
nomena due to embolism-i. e..
the transportation OF a solid cOrpusclG
from one part OF the body to another
where It is arrested In narrow
blood vessel, and u second class due
to infectiOn-that Is to say, the ABSORPTION
into the blood Of poisonous liquid. This
latter 1t Is which he calls septiciGlnia. The
inflammation NJ the parrots belongs com,
monty to this latter class. The origin may
be understood II II Is supposed that some
irritant Is secreted from the blood with the
saliva and produces an irritation Of the sur
faces with which II comes In contact, ex-
actly MS u Cantharadin, the irritant agent
in d blister, when it il absorbed by the
blood and secreted with the urine, irritates
the urinary organs, producing catarrhal or
croupous Inflammation,
Tho inflammation OF the parotis may be
divided into three groups The primary
simple Catarrh or mulnps, which Is usually
epidemic, and has no tendency to suppura-
ton; the secondary, purulent catarrh
which readily forms assesses and is aSso-
Ciated with catarrh Of the mouth, sprue,
ETC., or sometimes with affections Of middle
ear; and, finally, the specific, septicnmc
catarrh, which almost always gives rise to
sanious ptls, and Is very frequently com.
bined with other So.Called met
astases - that is to say, appear.
ances in other localities either
Of septicRmic or IN embolic character.
Ancient writers have laid much stress upon
the salutary effect Of the formation Of an
abscess with laudable pus In tho parrots.
This Is only true in so far rs opposed 10
cases in which the supplration has GER
tain favorable effect on the body, but II Is
certain that 1t Is much preferable II II can
be avoided, for the Inflammation Of the
parotis IL both in the beginning and in the
end disorder which renders the case more
complicated.
The dangers Of n suppuntive infamma.
ton Of the parotid gland are very numer.
Gus, II II complexities the later stages Of
other diseases the new disturbance suilices
often to lead TO the death Of the exhausted
patients by renewal or increase OF fever.
II the swelling Of the surrounded parts b.
very considerable, tho inflammation OF the
PARROTS, by impeding the circulation in the
numerous veins which lie in contact with
It, may give rise TO Rdema OF the temporal
region and around the eye, headache,
difficult breathing, etc. These phe-
nomena become still more VIC
lent II the impeachment TO circulation Is
large enough to cause Coagulation OF the
blood in the veins. The clOts thus formed
become 30 much more dangerous as they
extend fur beyond the gland, and later
when they soften become the starting point
OF embolism and infection. In severer
Cases the surrounding connective tissue Is
also inilamed, and then the Inflammation ex-
tends gradually over the nelghboring parts,
causing abCesses in the muscles iniamma-
ton Of the auditory canal, periostitis Of the