Case 12
A woman who lodged near the Liars' Market, having then brought
forth a son in a first and difficult labor, was seized with fever.
Immediately on the commencement had thirst, nausea, and cardialgia;
tongue dry; bowels disordered, with thin and scanty dejections; had
no sleep. On the second, had slight rigor, acute fever; a faint cold
sweat about the head. On the third, painfully affected; evacuations
from the bowels undigested, thin, and copious. On the fourth, had
a rigor; all the symptoms exacerbated; insomnolency. On the fifth,
in a painful state. On the sixth, in the same state; discharges from
the bowels liquid and copious. On the seventh, had a rigor, fever
acute; much thirst; much tossing about; towards evening a cold sweat
over all; extremities cold, could no longer be kept warm; and again
at night had a rigor; extremities could not be warmed; she did not
sleep; was slightly delirious, and again speedily collected. On the
eighth, about mid-day, she became warm, was thirsty, comatose, had
nausea; vomited small quantities of yellowish bile; restless at night,
did not sleep; passed frequently large quantities of urine without
consciousness. On the ninth, all the symptoms gave way; comatose,
towards evening slight rigors; small vomitings of bile. On the tenth,
rigor; exacerbation of the fever, did not sleep at all; in the morning
passed much urine having a sediment; extremities recovered their heat.
On the eleventh, vomited bile of a verdigris-green color; not long
after had a rigor, and again the extremities cold; towards evening
a rigor, a cold sweat, much vomiting; passed a painful night. On the
twelfth, had copious black and fetid vomitings; much hiccup, painful
thirst. On the thirteenth, vomitings black, fetid, and copious; rigor
about mid-day, loss of speech. On the four-
[p. 129]teenth, some blood ran from her nose, she died. In this case the bowels were loose throughout;
with rigors: her age about seventeen. An ardent fever.
