Case 11
Another woman, after a miscarriage about the fifth month,
the wife of Ocetes, was seized with fever. At first had sometimes
coma and sometimes insomnolency; pain of the loins; heaviness of the
head. On the second, the bowels were disordered, with scanty, thin,
and at first unmixed dejections. On the third, more copious, and worse;
at night did not sleep. On
[p. 128]the fourth was delirious; frights, despondency;
strabismus of the right eye; a faint cold sweat about the head; extremities
cold. On the fifth day, all the symptoms were exacerbated; talked
much incoherently, and again immediately became collected; had no
thirst; labored under insomnolency; alvine dejections copious, and
unseasonable throughout; urine scanty, thin, darkish; extremities
cold, somewhat livid. On the sixth day, in the same state. On the
seventh she died. Phrenitis.