SEPTICEMIA 29 



Describe the symptoms of traumatic fever. 



(1) Rise of temperature. This may be slight when not 

 exceeding 103 F.; moderate up to 104.9 F.; high up to 106.7 F. 

 Its course is usually atypical, continuous or remittent, and 

 rarely intermittent. 



(2) Constitutional disturbance, only marked in high 

 fevers expressed by psychical depression, disturbed heart 

 action, wanting appetite, irregular state of the bowels. 



Give the treatment of traumatic fevers. 



The essential feature is thorough disinfection of the 

 wounds, absolute drainage, counteropenings to allow contin- 

 uous evacuation of pus. Abscesses must be incised early and 

 the infected granulations of the abscess wall removed by 

 curetting or otherwise, followed by application of antiseptics. 

 As a rule no internal treatment is necessary. Should internal 

 antiseptics be indicated, camphor, quinine, alcohol, and in 

 cattle also turpentine are the best known means. 



SEPTIC-aSMIA. 



Define septiccemia. 



It is a traumatic infectious disease, due to the introduc- 

 tion into the blood tissues of certain bacteria and their pro- 

 ducts of metabolism without the presence of localized internal 

 affections, but such generalized changes as swelling of the 

 spleen, cloudy swelling of the kidneys, liver, heart,, etc. 



TV hat two main forms of septicce.mia are recognized ? 



(1) Bacterial septicaemia, due to the presence of bacteria 

 and transferable to other animals by blood inoculation. 



(2) Septic intoxication, due to the presence of chemical 

 poisons (toxines), not transferable to other animals by blood 

 inoculation. 



