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p.4: 2 July: notes establishment of Ciudad Rodrigo as an hospital station by Dr. Neale.
p.16: Lisbon: the reduction of this station continues and now stands at 710; there were 322 admissions, the diseases chiefly being syphilis, ophthalmia and intermittent fever, but that continued fever is also starting to appear.
p.18: Dr. Buchan notes great number of wounded cases; 'they suffer much from the transport: sloughing is frequent, as is Sphacelus. The deaths have been chiefly when gangrene or hectic supervened'; notes commencement of sickly season near Santarem in middle of July and prevalence of remittent and intermittent fever.
p.22: report from Abrantes.
p.26: Alto da Chao: Mr. McMillan reports that intermittent and continued fever still prevail; the 39th still sends many cases of ophthalmia to the station; there were 976 admissions, 739 discharges, and 19 deaths, 7 from typhus; remittent fever was prevalent among the inhabitants.
p.28: Estremoz: Mr. Brown reports that he broke up the hospital by sending the cases by Alto da Chao forwards…
p.34: Niza: Staff Surgeon McLean reports that of 91 cases of continued fever treated, 2 became typhoid and 22 became pneumonia; 77 cases of intermittent fever were treated, 33 cases of rheumatism and 17 cases of pneumonia; one of the cases of rheumatism became typhus and one died; also reports that 15 of the inhabitants died of continued and of typhus fever…
p.36: Castello Branco: Mr. Wood reports that continued and intermittent fever still prevails and that 'relapse is very rife, for that ¾ of the whole admissions are cases of relapse'; notes recent cases with inflammatory diathesis requiring venesection; also notes very high mortality rate among inhabitants: 50 died during the month from contagious fever.
p.38: Coimbra: prevailing disease was intermittent fever, with a few cases of continued fever, dysentery and visceral complaints; 'In the early stage of the Continued Fever, he found the cold affusion of great service'.
p.44: Celerico: Dr. Tice states that the diseases [received?] from the divisions of the army has been Continued Fever, with great determination to the head, stupor, coma and torpidity of the intestines, where Calomel combined with Camphor was found a most useful remedy'; notes that in cases of convalescence from dysentery and fever 'there was about the body and thighs a fluid of _ _ where the Oxyd of Mercury was found useful'; notes effect of sun and irregularity of diet as cause of relapse…
p.50: Ciudad Rodrigo: according to Dr. Neale's first report from the newly established hospital, 840 cases were admitted; of these: 220 were cases of remittent fever, 224 were cases of intermittent fever, 171 were cases of dysentery and 157 were cases of diarrhoea; during the month there were 925 in hospital and 16 deaths. |