Atlas of Clinical Surgery, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from Atlas of Clinical Surgery, Vol. 3: With Special Reference to Diagnosis and Treatment for Practitioners and StudentsIn the most severe forms the temperature rises rapidly and remains at 40° or 42° C. (104° - 107° such cases generally cause death in a few days with out metastatic formations. In less severe forms the temperature does not remain high, but is intermittent. This may be due to the intermittent entry of the bacteria and their toxins into the blood from the seat of infection, or to smaller quantities of them. When the organism conquers the bacteria and their toxins by the formation of antitoxin, the temperature falls, when the bacteria gain the upper hand the temperature rises.The longer the process continues, the more fre quent are the rigors, with intermissions of tempera ture. When these variations in temperature follow each other rapidly (as occurs in the severest cases) the temperature becomes continuous, the rigors cease and there are no metastases. If the organism gains the upper hand, the infection expends its energy in the formation of local metastatic formations in various places. This, in a way, may be regarded as a victory of the organism over the bacteria.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.