1464 THE UNCLASSIFIED FEVERS OF THE TROPICS 



LOW INTERMITTENT NON-MALARIAL FEVER. 



Remarks. — ^This fever has been described by Crombie and Castel- 

 lani. Cases have been reported from India, Ceylon, China, and 

 Siam, where it was observed by Murray. Recently cases have been 

 observed in the south of Italy and the Balcanic zone by Rho and 

 Piebroforte, and others. 



Fig. 676.^ — -Temperature Chart of a Case of Low Intermittent 

 Non-Malarial Fever. 



Symptomatology. — ^The onset of the disease is insidious, or it may 

 follow what to all purposes appears to be a mild attack of influenza, 

 the patient feeling out of sorts, feverish, and complaining of muscular 

 rheumatoid pains all over the body. The type of the fever is inter- 

 mittent. Every day, generally between the hours of ten and twelve, 

 the patient feels somewhat chilly, but there is no shivering fit. The 

 temperature rises, the maximum varying between 99° and 102° F. 

 The temperature never rises, in our experience, above 102° F. In 

 the evening, between eight and midnight, the temperature slowly 

 decreases and becomes normal. Occasionally the patient may 

 perspire when the temperature falls, but this is not a constant 



