A Case of Sudden Death from Rupture of the Spleen

No2007, Sepoy Sirdar Ram, A. Co., 38th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, a spare built man, of weak constitution, age 22 years, height 5 feet 9 inches, circumference of chest 31 inches, weight 133 ffcs. on the 1st August 1875, service 3 years, was admitted to the regimental hospital at Barrackpore on the 18th November 1877 for hypertrophy of the spleen with ague. When admitted he was in a weak, anoemic state, and somewhat wasted. He then complained of previous severe attacks of quotidian ague and enlargement of the spleen. On examination, the latter organ appeared much enlarged and indurated, and protruding in the left hypochondriac region. He did not complain of pain, but of weakness, and inability to perform his duty. He was then treated for ague with' cinchona febrifuge, and red iodide