20 On the Bilious Remitting Fever 



the three last days of his illness, and, consequently, 

 could not pay the necessary attention to him. 



4 and 5. Mrs. E. W. and her child. This lady had 

 been bled by her friends, before I saw her, on the 

 supposition that she had the pleurisy ; and during the 

 four last days of her illness, she was, at my request, 

 attended by another physician. The child's reco- 

 very being despaired of by the nurse, before I saw 

 it, very little medicine was exhibited to it. 



In all the cases which I have mentioned, I only bled 

 one : a few had undergone the operation before I saw 

 them, and this had greatly tended to protract the cure. 

 One case, in particular, I shall recite, as the symptoms 

 that occurred seemed to indicate copious bleeding. 



J. M., aged 20, of a robust and corpulent habit of 

 body, was attacked with the bilious remitting fever, on 

 the 29th of October. After three paroxysms (the re- 

 missions being pretty considerable, and accompanied by 

 a moderate degree of perspiration), his friends thought 

 proper to bleed him. An almost perfect paralysis of 

 every extremity very shortly ensued, which lasted near 

 two days. The remissions became inconsiderable, 

 without the least moisture on the skin, and there' was 

 frequent delirium. His mouth was very foul, and his 

 tongue black. 



In this case, the most powerful sudorifics, pediluvium, 

 &.c, were tried, to no purpose. A free use of mercury 

 and blisters was then resorted to ; and, after a long and 



