I propose to give here, a brief account of the
most important fevers met with among Europeans
resident in Calcutta.having been on the staff of the large European
hospital there for over four years, I have had ample
opportunity for studying clinically a large number of
such cases, and it is chiefly from the clinical point
of view that I wish to write, giving, at the same time
examples of each type with the temperature charts.I need hardly say, that among medical cases,
"fever" is by far the most common complaint for which
a patient comes to hospital. Therefore it is important to be able to differentiate the various fever
both from the point of view of treatment and prognosi
There undoubtedly was, some years ago, and still is,
but to a less extent I am glad to say, a tendency to
consider all fevers malarial, and to dose the
unfortunate patient with quinine. This is a most - valuable drug when given in suitable cases, but one
which has, without doubt, been much abused in the
tropics.The most important fevers met with are malaria
and typhoid, others being kala-azar, heat -stroke, and
a peculiar fever, resembling in some respects dengue,
spoken of generally in Calcutta as "seven -day fever ".
This name was first given to it by Major Rogers, I.N.S
on account of its average duration to about seven days.There are still undifferentiated fevers to be me
with, but more accurate methods of diagnosis have
already, and will further, reduce their number
