Fulminant Case of Ulcerative Endocarditis
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on 14th January, 1938. He was overhauled and classified III-L. (Health of convicts is classified as I-H, first class, fit for hard labour, II-M, second class, fit for medium labour, and III-L> third class, fit for only light labour.) His condition was as follows:? Previous history.?He had had four attacks of fever attended with shivering and pain all over the bodyThese attacks lasted two or three days and occurred at intervals of about a month. Condition on admission to the jail.?The apex beat of the heart was in the normal place. There was no dilatation or hypertrophy, but there was a double mitral
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