, 1881-07-15
TERMS IN THE BULLETINS.
What Everybody Knows, but May IIe
Piennctl to Read Again.

What Everybody Knows, but May IIo
EIennctl to Head Again.
Philadelphia Ltdwr.
Some readers Of tho bulletins from the
soulewnt new to them, md also the details
with which they are but i,nperfectly
acquainted. This II evidenced by ttoIr
conversation in front Of the bulletin boards,
a Sy srdstes' iS1 Wt IS nGItonts
"lIow tio the doctors tiual out his temper
atnre ~ and 80 on. 1t will serve a popular
rpos,e to Sxpl9;( soa ~, ct tlese a'inEs;
sypas n I'll ntsFs Is rssssEse 4 s1Y s s ss%i sass
great. tIneasiness to the doctors. Tho
ea1;aE oft,., Of It WIS that te nbloMei ;:n
8 draH., ti lie Swelling 6alag Que 10 .'ss II,
accumulation Of mir or gases Iii tho Intestinal
tuho or elss In the perltonennl; md this Is
considered n very Mnf9vornblo sisn iii IN.
fynpanttis, i,apptly, lid not Inst long
enough, mld was not sufficiently great, to
fron ,tympan, n tlrna,,-ana t!le swelling
:ti %fn.l4opsys , is1'slS atd .iSi.beily, st
:" poritolitls," which tlle doctors feared
also. Is IN inflammation OF tho perltoneta, Z
membrane that cliye'ops tllo llltcstlltgs aild
Interim vi tic abdomen. Thts mrlnGrlno
takes its llame from two Greek words whtcl.
express Its n'eat'lne,-ar0stll alltt 10 stretch;
perltonc1l'ls, therefore,, meaning ~ this IN;
a!llt about the llltesttles. Inflammation ut
that. membrane, ar ".peritonll!s," always
nlarks II dangerous pl1aso Of disease or In
Jury FROM wounds, ''*
son indicates Tic prsseI'ce Of abssnce ot the TIE
ln!lnMl1lpt0ry condition, and ~ cases like
this ts watched with great solicti!tie. The
temperature ~ ascertnIned by placing thu
aqapted 10 he purpose, il. tlIo 6entlt oi the
The ayerage, natural heat Of the LII:
nan body IN a., goot( condltt1n q
ealt II w. Of Ea1'rSl,!'eilts scas: Il
"blnod heat +" ut thu. .ntnety.elghth degree.
IL very tntanca conditions tho temperature
0f patients In: bceI! observed! to rlsa NJ high
M DEGREES " chlren abnr a., n l1 degrees T.
reghraedus very surlous by physicians. Tho
PRESIDENTS temperature llAs risen several
times to 10t.0 degrees, 0r nearly a5 degrees
n6ova the normal Or uati.rnl: III Aslatlo
cholera. The temperature sometimes. sinks as
tis m ratis,lt feels coid. w. wa 0 e''''' ~ :,
me tlnetuatiors q, ot' the pulse are notel!
carefully IN Tue daily bulletins. II Kood
about sixty to ssyunty i Minute. There aro
considerable differences, howeyar, even Iii
tlye 4titst or nctiyaty ut tEe body, md Wl,uth-
er stati4Ing, sitting, or lying down. There
are differences, too, at sltt10ycnt periods 1f
tho day, the greatest. frequency OF
middle Of tho Aay, allsl the lvast about li,[tl.
night. All 0thet. things being eQnal, tic
pulse IL quicker ln tho morning .tllnI, Iii tho
evening. IN conditions OF profound coma
laiorbId sluop) OF letllarRy tho puiso beats
have Irappad as. low as seventeen " q
minute. alId they ilayD mounted .tp rs high
aA 900 in Children afflicted witt. water oil tho
0saln. 6Illco his injury the Presidents pulse
MI!nWtu to IT, VtIls Inst Is about twice ~
frequent % the .pulsebuats l.@ y .stata Of
healtal and III qulst, rsc4M1es!t p25itlon. :, i
Frequency Of "resplrattohh IL likewise q
feature Of tie hnltntlns. aihcu he was
wounded Ills respiration has TaMged from 10
to " breathlnga'a mtn!te.. II llaa!th, and
when free frQla any excltlnE cause, the mum.
bar OF breatt!Dgs per nl!nut0 Ia frNns II to l8;
but tn conditions Of a!sease It tsolnotIHes tails
ps low ~ hraaths minute md rises as,
''d' 81 G. co;,rse, many people understand all
about what Ia prlntsd III tho foregoing r.
marks but there asa s0nle WIN 10 INT, 4lnt
others who did know Ri,a have forgotten. 1t
will tlo no hnrnl to al.y Of them, even those
best informed, to 60 over tho 4.attar agatl.