CO129-050 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1855 [5-6] — Page 217

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The prevalent diseases during the past year have been as usual, Fever and Bowel Complaints. The Intermittent Fever of this climate is most pertinacious in its attack, any sufferer being liable to subsequent relapses during the year, until the constitution is completely worn out and the patient reduced to a state of great debility. The Remittent Fever is less frequent but more fatal, it is often the result of the former. By judicious treatment, many cases, with the exception of a few fatal ones, have invariably recovered.

During the months of October and November, the Fever of the Old Season (or Autumn Remittent) has been unusually prevalent: difficult to check and the convalescence slow. This class of disease generally lays the foundation of some organic affection of the abdominal viscera, especially the spleen and the liver, the former of which is almost invariably more or less affected, and that after comparatively mild attacks of the primary disease. Under such circumstances, no perfect recovery can be expected while the patient remains in the Colony.

Hepatic affections have been more common than last year.

Bowel affections have been of a much milder character and not so prone to run into a tedious and intractable character. Dysentery, acute and chronic, has in some instances resulted fatally, but the total number and proportionate mortality have been under the annual average. Nothing but change of...

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inseuses. Severs 218 The prevalent diseases during the past year have been as usual, Fever and Bowel Complaints. The Intermittent Fever of this climate is most pertinacious in its attack, any sufferer being liable to subsequent relapses during the year, until the constitution is completely worn out and the patient reduced to a state of great debility. The Remittent Fever is less frequent but more fatal, it is often the result of the former. By judicious treatment, many cases, with the exception of a few fatal ones, have invariably recovered. During the months of October and November, the Fever of the Old Season (or Autumn Remittent) has been unusually prevalent: difficult to check and the convalescence slow. This class of disease generally lays the foundation of some organic affection of the abdominal viscera, especially the spleen and the liver, the former of which is almost invariably more or less affected, and that after comparatively mild attacks of the primary disease. Under such circumstances, no perfect recovery can be expected while the patient remains in the Colony. Hepatic affections have been more common than last year. Bowel affections have been of a much milder character and not so prone to run into a tedious and intractable character. Dysentery, acute and chronic, has in some instances resulted fatally, but the total number and proportionate mortality have been under the annual average. Nothing but change of... 219 212 Page 218 appears to be delineated by the text positioning, three lines at the top and three at the bottom are kept as is. Page 219 is similarly marked.
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inseuses.

Severs

218

He prevalent diccnces during the

Apar have been as usual tern and Bowel Courlaint - The Intermittent Fever of this

Clay is most pertinaceons in its attack, Any suffered being liable to

uubiritual karing

ja recunenec f/

mel

the direau, until the

Sonstitution is courletry capped and the

the mort The Remittent Fever

patient reduced to a state of Matressing debility. fis less frequent but more

fatal, it is often the

result of the former but by

110 MudaLLS

many Buses

Euring the year many with the exception of a few fatar

invariably secured, but

ones the discare

Juring the mouths

was amenable to treatment. During

betober and November the Fever

of the Old Season

(nu Arzeure Remittent ) has been unusually prevalent: difficult to check and the convalescence elor - This class of dicence generally lays the

(7)

D)

219

212

foundation of some organic affection of the abdominal Viscera exrecially the spleen and the

Liver the former of which is almat invariably

more or lese affected, and that after comparatively wild attacks of the primary dicence under

such circumstances, no

perfect

Leentu CALL

be

expected while the patient remains in the Olow.

Heratis affections.

than last

abeou.

Boval affections.

Have been of a much milder character

and not is prone to run into

He extremely Common in this Climate and however mild at first, both accume a munt tedious and intractable Character. Eysentery, acute and chronic, has in come instances resulted fatally but the total number and proportionate mortality have been under the annual

average. Nothing but change of

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