The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-01
u Galveston Doctors Results In Raising Of
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CLINICAL HISTORY OF EVA DuNcANs' CASE.
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tending this patient her mother has tol
mo that she was complaining before sh
went to Beaumont OF headache and fever
ishness. but she went over there as organ
list for the district conference Of the Meth
odist church, and / believe she was on
in tho night air the nrst night she wa
In beaumont
/ have not noticed any eruptlons OF an.
description about the patients person
When ] first called TO see her tho con
ditin OF her eyes was perfectly normal
that Is they were clear, there was no red
ness about the lids and no watery ap-
pear@nce. Her mother was taken sick
Wednesday evening the END. and the
patient got up and waited upon her and
performed various light duties around tho
house, but went back To bed Thursday
afternoon.
The visiting physicians thanked DR..
Ramsey for the concise manner In which
he had stated tho patients condition. af-
ter which Dr. jackson was asked TO tell
his experience with the case.
1 Dr. jackson said: ION Sunday morning,
sey came into my office and asked me to
20 with him to see the patient. Eva Dun
cans. That was on the sixth day after he
had taken charge OF the case. | found
that the doctor had attended ter for three
days for fever. that she got up on We'd
nesday evening and intended 10 remain
up. but felt faint Thursday and went back
10 bed, The doctor stated that she had CON
tlnuous fever during those three days and
that On Saturday her urine had been quite
dark and OF bloody appearance inquired
about her bowels ana tho aciion OF her
kidneys and asked to hee some OF the secre-
lions. Her mother stated that menstruation
had set In during the patients illness,
winch had probably colorcd the urine. |
proposed to DR.. Ramsey that We draw tho
urine. which We did, producing about an
ounce of very dark, wine colored urine.
AT that time her temperature was about
lol and her pulse was somewhere In the
neiBhborhood OF 9S or 100. | examined the
liver and found no enlargement whatever.
The skin was very much shriyeled and dry
like parchment, and there was AN icteroid
condition OF the eye very apparent at that
time. Tho toLgue WIS dark -Colored and
inc PaPllla came W very prominently
through tho dark brown coating on the
tongue, and | have never before seen a
tongue that resembled this one at that
Time. She had boon taking phosphate OF
Iron in capsules and his medicine never
came IN contact with her tongue or teeth.
the doctor ''and noting this ictorold con-
dition Of tho eye. felt that | should OK
anime the urine very carefully. | returned
to my Office and DR.. Ramsey aud made
a preparation Of 1t and boiled IL, and found
what appeared TO be about 30 per cent
eoagula. There was probably 20 per cent
albumen. To make sure what the coagula
was ! went to u drug store and made no
il emulsion Of one draGga each OF oil of
- 4 HtA aud Hat "a
TINS ] poured two drachms OF the urine
and It instantly assumed a cobalt blue
color. showing conclusively that there was
blood In IT, then tested the urine TO as
certain II there WAS bile In H. There was
no play OF the colors OF the spectroscope
ut all. showing that there was no bile in
the urine and that tho jaundice was prob
ably bemntogenous, but did not know
from what source.
After testing the urine OF this patient
tcld Or. Ramsey that we had best 70,
little help in tho case, aud as DR.. Swear.
ingen wns in the city. suggested that
we SHOW him the urine. Dr. Ramsey re-
manned In my Office while | went after
Ut. sWearingon, who declined TO examine
the urine. saying that he wanted first to
see tho case.
Right here | wish to say said DR.,
JACKSON. that II could have found bile
IN mat urine and could have made IN
wy ,hiha that tlcrc was some condition
piio. thus bringing about this condition
o, the urine, ! would have had better
luea OF the patients complaint and would
nov nave been anxious about the case.
", ewearingen went over and examin-
ca mo case very carefully. On the way
PACK we talked tho matter over In Tho
nussy' ana he said he wanted pr Stuart
10 see the patseit, We went to DR.. Stuart a
on',e toia nm about the case and he
sidd he would like TO take the pnn,ors
o. tho beard OF health out 10 see thc s,ri
VI, swearingen said he did not think there
WAS any use TO do this. SO Or. Stuart came
down IN my office and made a new nre,,e
srhtioh OF tho urine and boiled n N IA,
presence and, macroscopioally, there Was
upout w per cent coasula, We made an
othcr pie rest with the same result 80 my
FORMER test, and then DR.. Swearinpen
.''l,. VIII uh'ii oiSV p M, and we would
sma ,e INC .no "uent' We called at that time
ana found no pcrceptible chanpo in No.,
condition. In the morning Dr. swearan.
syn nad said that he did not want so many
people running in and out to see tho M,
uvnr Wheh We returned In the afternoon
a''ev having made the urine test wa fo,,,a
wo or three people there to sec Inc yir,
.'"" pr' swcarinscn said on tho way bac,
Wv WY 'het tnc people must be stApDed
rom seeing tho patient, and that no re'
stetted that DR.. Stuart had not VET 500,
her, re sent note by me to DIR. stuart
asking him to send a guard ont n M
mousse on Robin street, and the guard VIVA
placed mat night Some time during the
nlsnt the hourd OF health examined ths
ratsst the physicians ttisagreeinc with
Ut Swearingsn that the case WAS ans
Mcious and the guard was removed The
next morning at 10 o'clock Or, Swear,ns
ksn went out to sec the patient ana found
mat the guard was not there rla IN
meniafely called a special meeting q, me
beard OF health gave them n c,,n, ,nI
pac.ure o. the case and 1t was decided then
tnet At Or, Swearingen's reques, mo sn.r"
would be Replaced and bulletin WAS ~
sued q'iarantining the promises. =
we found the patients temner.t,,~,
TWO mornings In sicce ssion A. a. ,..h N.Y.
= about degrees below normal. IN ~.
evening II goes ur again above ina ans
on ono occasion found II 1884,. Her r,isa
was usually 90 In the mornior ana ,,r p%'s'
ply lo6 or los in the afternoon This .n",,,
ciNd condition Of the skin has co,, Tn
=. :. exlst and she has nnly been IN ncrs,,,r,
s'on once ~ twice, These symptoms ,ror,s
snniea'e 70 me that II u some nina 80
ssp!,c case do not say II Is yellow rs.a.
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