PUTRID SORE THROAT. 
The putrid sore throat, is a disorder of the malignant kind, which 
frequently happens in this country. It prevails chiefly in autumn or 
winter, Delicate children and females are most liable to it. Tt is 
readily distinguished from the inflammatory quinsy by the soreness 
and white specks covering ulcers which appear in the fauces, toge-— 
ther with the great debility of the system, small fluttering pulse, 
and an eruption on the skin of the same nature with that of scar. | 
let fever, which are to be observed in the former ; whereas in quin- 
sy, there is always considerable difficulty of breathing, ng and 
a tendency to suppurate. gE ORE 
Cavses.—Infection and a putrid condition of the fluids: The 
same Causes as produce malignant fevers. ie 
Symproms.—It begins with alternate fits of shivering and heat. 
‘The pulse is quick, low, and unequal. ‘The patient complains of 
weakness and oppression at the breast, and is dejected. Fulness 
and soreness of the throat; a sensation of stiffness in the neck, red- — 
ness of the arms, hands, or breast ; frequent sighing, nau: 
about the heart, languidness, repeated sneezings, constant 
ness, thin crude urine, bloated countenance, swelling of the jaw and 
salival glands, ulcerations, sloughing of the ulcers, the eyes red and 
watery, and sometimes vomiting and purging. eae Fe 
_ Unfavourable symptoms are, an obstinate purging, extreme weak- 
ness, ghastly countenance, dimness of the sight, a livid orb 
color of the spots, frequent shiverings, a weak fluttering pulse. If 
the eruption upon the skin suddenly disappears or becomes of a 
livid colour, with a discharge of blood from the mouth and nose, the 
danger is very great. : 
If a gentle sweat break out on the third or fourth day, and con- 
tinue with a slow, and equal pulse ; if the sloughs cast off in a kindly 
manner; the breathing free, and a lively color in the eyes, there is — 
reason to hope for a salutary crisis. : PS eee eed 
Reormmen.—The patient must be kept quiet, and for the most — 
part in bed, as he will be apt to faint when taken out of it. “His food - 
‘must be nourishing and restorative; as gruel, with red wine, j llies, 
strong broths, &c. His drink ought to be generous, and ef an anti- | 
eo red wine *negus, wine whey, boiled buttermilk, 
acids, &c." = ae tie 
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Tae curr.—All evacuations are injurious. Tt requiresa similar _ 
eatment with other putrid fevers, but is the least rebellious of 
m all, Strengthening cordials alone can be used with safety; 
those ought never to be neglected. Tf, at the beginning of 
disease, there is great nausea, or inclination to vomit, the pa’ 
drink = infusion of green tea, or camomile flowers, to 
