A Fatal Case of Plague Contracted at a Post-Mortem Examination

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  • S. E. Prall
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respirations were rapid, and he complained of pain in the chest and constant cough. The temperature was 102?, and the tongue heavily furred; there was no bubo at this time. The physical signs were those of pneumonia in an early stage, which I accordingly prescribed for. On arriving at the hospital the next day, I was informed that the patient had died suddenly about two or three hours after my visit to him, and I determined to inspect his body. The lungs were much engorged but did not at all present the usual patchy broncho-pneumonia that is the common microscopic pulmonary lesion in plague : there were no petechia under the pleurte; the heart was large and soft, and there were several small extravasations of blood under the pericardium ; spleen large and soft, kidneys extremely congested, and there

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دوره 33  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2016