General discussion about the signs of putrefactive fevers

Sometimes putrefactive fevers are indicated by the presence of a combination of previous causes that give rise to them, especially if there are no external causes for them, as well as pulse and breathing, which quickly become compressed, since the need to cleanse the body | very strong; warmth at the same time| burning, not soft, like the warmth of a one-day fever. Most fevers of one day are preceded by malaise, and malaise is a state of ill health combined with a fever that is not sufficient to produce a fever. It is accompanied by exhaustion, weakness, lethargy, heaviness, yawning, restless sleep, insomnia, shortness of breath, tension in the vessels and hypochondrium, headache and pounding in the head, and if it lasts for a long time, it plunges into putrefactive fevers and causes weakness and yellowing of the face . Often, the malaise that precedes fevers is accompanied by copious discharge of excess nasal mucus, nausea, an abundance of urine, an abundance of putrid feces, heaviness in the head and swelling. An increase in the pulse occurs, not due to an external reason - fatigue, anger or anything else; if compression occurs in it, then it means an attack has come. And compression is the movement of the pulse deeper and its uneven smallness, in which there are large, strong pulsations, and the speed is low. As for the unevenness of the pulse during the onset and intensification of fever, this is one of the special signs of putrefactive fever, although with three-day fever it does not appear very clearly due to the lightness of its matter.

Among the signs of putrefactive fever is the absence of perspiration and moisture at the first attack - with a one-day fever this is not the case, although a three-day fever, due to the mentioned lightness of its matter, at first resembles a one-day fever, which has not yet had time to turn into putrefactive fever - and also the fact that Symptoms of intensification appear mixed, uneven, and dissimilar. The duration of the increase also indicates the putrefaction of the fever, and a constant increase in the pulse value indicates its intensification.

Further, putrefactive fever is either intermittent, which begins with a stunning chill or goose bumps, resolves in most cases with perspiration and moisturizing of the body and returns in the form of periodic attacks, or it turns out to be continuous, with or without weakening, and is not similar to one day in terms of pulse , urine, complete cleansing of the body and cessation of symptoms. Most putrefactive fevers are accompanied by many phenomena: thirst, headache, blackening of the tongue, especially in the period of extremes; anxiety, melancholy and strong excitement due to the struggle between matter and natural force intensify. Sometimes matter overcomes, and sometimes force overcomes, and because of this the pulse becomes larger and stronger, then smaller and weaker. As for the hardness of the pulse, it is sometimes observed, but does not necessarily have to occur all the time. However, if the fever is accompanied by a hard tumor in any organ or a tumor in a dense organ, even if not hard, or if the patient happens to drink cold water, or one of the circumstances occurs that thickens the pulse and is mentioned in our book on the pulse , then the pulse is hard. Until the pulse becomes strong and acquires the mentioned speed, the fever remains one-day and does not yet turn putrid; urine is initially immature or slightly ripe, and sometimes it is pungent.

Know that long-term acute, destructive fevers are rarely cured without disorder of one or another organ. If the fever continues after the disappearance of the tumor in pleurisy and similar diseases, then know that the remainder of the matter is still preserved, and that the matter has deviated in the direction where the pain appears.