Prontosil in Acute Rheumatic Polyarthritis
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so it was removed manually by the village dai. It was not adherent but was retained mainly in the vagina. She developed fever on the fourth day after delivery. Uterus was tender, temperature 101 ?F. and pulse 124 per minute. She was put on quinine and ergot mixture and was watched. On the seventh day the maximum temperature was 102?F. and pulse 120. Lochia was normal. There was no pelvic pain. Uterine involution was normal. An injection of quinine 10 grains was given intramuscularly and was repeated on the tenth day. A simple alkaline mixture was prescribed. Fever continued. Bowels moved once a day. On the 1st March, i.e., fourteenth day of illness, the left knee joint was acutely inflamed and very painful and then gradually all the joints were affected. Temperature varied from 102?F. to 103?F. with a pulse rate of 140. Bowels moved once a day; tongue^ was coated. Patient complained of palpitation and pain all
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دوره 72 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1937