Four Cases of Blood-Poisoning in Brothers

In the month of August, 1893, f?ur brothers were admitted into the Bristol Royal Infirmary suffering from more or less continued fevers of obscure nature, though probably of common origin. The clinical histories of the patients will first be given, and subsequently the etiology of the observed conditions discussed. went home well on October 10th. His mother said he was in good health until five days before, when he complained of pain in the forehead and abdomen, and became feverish and drowsy. Two days after the onset of these symptoms there was some slight epistaxis. He remained in much the same state until admission, on the sixth day of the disease. On examination it was found that the patient was a well-nourished boy, very drowsy and dull, though answering rationally any questions that were