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CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS 



TABLE III. TABULATION OF CLINICAL DATA 



Number of cases: 181 



Men 86 



Women 95 



Ages: 



10-20 40 deaths 



20-30 44 2 



3(MO 38 4 



40-50 31 7 



50-60 20 " 6 



60-70 6 " 4 



70 plus 2 1 



Prodromes (non-prostrating symptoms prior to true invasion) : 



None 21 Three days 24 



One day 63 Over three days (vague) 31 



Two days 41 



Symptoms prominent in onset: 



Headache 161 Constipation 157 



Chills, repeated 84 Insomnia 88 



Chills, single 50 Retention of urine 8 



Pain, back and limb 97 Febrile prostration, without 



Vomiting 53 other symptoms 5 



Anorexia 77 Labial herpes 2 



Day of disease on admission to hospital: 



2d 1 9th 27 



3d 1 10th 14 



4th 11 llth 9 



5th 12 12th 3 



6th 34 13th 



7th 37 14th 1 



8th 31 



Objective findings noted on admission: 



Excitement 45 Eruption (discrete pink, red to 



Mental dullness 25 purple macules) present on: 



Fades tense. 49 Trunk 180 



Facies lax 23 Extremities 142 



Face flushed 73 Neck 101 



Conjunctival injection Face (few lesions) 6 



moderate 83 Palms (few lesions) 2 



marked 68 Lungs: 



extreme 6 Rales, musical throughout . 55 



157 Rales, crepitant at bases ... 73 



Tongue coated, moist 86 Cough without rales 55 



coated, somewhat dry .... 68 Spleen palpable 48 



very dry 26 Absolutely irregular heart ... 8 



Throat somewhat reddened . . 59 



