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A CLINICAL NOTE ON OBSCURE CASES OF SEPTIC FEVER.

1904; American Medical Association; Volume: XLII; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1904.92490530035001g

1538-3598

LOUIS FAUGÈRES BISHOP,

Hematological disorders and diagnostics

There is a great defect in medical literature, in that men write chiefly concerning those things which have been impressed on their minds as well-defined pictures. The result is that there are whole classes of cases that do not receive that attention which would lead to a comparison of ideas, thus rendering them more clearly understood. To illustrate: Every year two or three cases come under my observation, which I can best describe as cases of septic fever of obscure origin. In many instances they have proved very puzzling. The temperature, which is the principal symptom, runs an irregular course. The rise in temperature may sometimes be preceded by slight chills, but these are not particularly striking. The patient loses flesh and strength and presents the appearance of being slightly septic. These are cases involving a great deal of responsibility, because it is so difficult to exclude local disease that