The Effect of Creosote Rubbing upon High Temperature in Remittent Fever *Forwarded by Lieutenant-Colonel D. G. Crawford, I.M.S., Civil Surgeon of Hughli.
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Nani, Hindu child, aged 6, got fever on 3rd January 1904. Bowels constipated, splenic border could be felt just below the costal arch ; all other organs normal. The fever was of double quotidian type; there were regular double proxysms every day. The temperature recorded at G A.M. and (5 P.M. varied between 101 ?F and 102?F., and that at 12 noon and 12 midnight between 104?F. and 105?F. He was friven"an initial purgative; diaphoietics combined with carbolic acid, arsenic, taraxacum, eucalyptus were administered and were continued till Hth January. Ice was applied to the head, but the administration of all these drugs did not in any way influence the temperature. A dose of santonin and castor oil was given, but with no effect. On the Hth January phenacetin was given with caffein citras and brandy. Ice to head was continued. After two doses of phenacetin the temperature came down to normal. He had been taking quinine regularly. There was no relapse until 10th February, when he got fever again, and the temperature recorded exhibited the typical double paroxysmal character. Diaphoretics, arsenic, carbolic acid, &c., had no effect.
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