Travels in Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt ...

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used by the sick were immediately burned. Two attendants within
the hiifpital-tent, as well as a patient suffering under typhus, were
put into a state of quarantine, and certain regulations already noticed
in my narrative, were instantly adopted to prevent the infec-
tion from spreading. The oily frictions were had recourse to upon
the three men within the hospital-tent.
Upon enquiry, the deceased had been accustomed to frequent
the Turkish coffee-tents, to smoke and drink coffee. This was
prohibited in future.
CASE IT.
Gunner Cowden, aged 30, an artillery-man, had a slight indis-
position on the evening of the 13th December 1800. He had
some head-ach, and a little heat of skin.
In the morning of the 14th December, he complained of nausea;
the tongue was white, having a yellowish streak upon it ; thirst
prevailed, and the head-ach and febrile symptoms were increased.
He had a
trembling upon him, and appeared a good deal
agitated;
some stiffness and uneasiness in the left srroin. He related, that
contrary to order, he had not only entered the tent of Mace, on the
morning of the 1 2th December, but had supported him while he
took his medicine.
The patient was put into a clean tent by himself, within the quarantine
enclosure. An emetic was given, the operation of which
having somewhat relieved him, he was ordered an anodyne, with
antimonial wine, in a draught at bed-time. Lemonade was ordered
and a calomel bolus in the morning.
Dec. 15. The febrile symptoms continued; countenance flush-
lor common drink ;
ed ; eyes red ; tongue foul and dry ; there was a painful tumor in
the left groin, the size of a pigeon's egg, has had stools. The
oily frictions were made use of this morning, and the anodyne and
antimonial draught repeated at bed-time.
Dec. 16. The patient perspired copiously after the oily
friction :
tumour neither
enlarged nor more painful;
the heat of skin dimi-
nished; countenance rather pale; eyes clear; one stool ; tongue
white: he was rather slow in answering questions . the friction was
repeated this morning. Soon after he had a vomiting of bile, and
had loose stools: small draughts of warm water were given, fol-
lowed by a dose of laudanum.
jp0C. r l1. Passed a restless night ; occasionally delirious; vo-
miting had ceased ; looseness continued; tongue white, with great