A Case of Typhoid Fever with Cerebral Symptoms

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  • A. R. Mansoor
چکیده

T. H? a male student, aged 17, was 26th University Hospital on the aftern ?i November, 1932. . , nmisrh headache, , Present history.?Complains of fev'er, . ' 102.8?F-, backache and pain in the throat. Temp furred, throat Pulse 100, respiration 28, skin diy, tong *_e show no c?Qgested, heart, lungs, liver, spleen an . ' ^ other abnormality, blood negative for ma 1 . corpuscular Parasites, and shows no difference c?ntents. r;(rnrs 0n the Previous history?Had fever with g illness since ^ornmg of the 25th, he had had no o Right up ^ay 1932 when he suffered from malaria. ^ ̂ lo the 25th he had been feeling absoiutely n , ^ an ordinary motion on the previous day the day of admission. Treatment.?Calomel grs. 2 and sodium bicarbonate grs. 10 were given at night followed by saline in the morning. On the 27th and 28th diaphoretic and expectorant sedative mixtures were given. On the 29th he passed 10 motions, watery, yellowish, containing pieces of orange and a few shreds of mucus; on microscopical examination only a few Entamoeba coli were seen. Blood

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دوره 68  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2016