CASE 97.—Musician William Brandt, 17th U. S.
Inf.; age 32; was admitted Dec. 11, 1863. Diagnosis—typhoid fever. He had been sick for two
weeks and confined to bed for one week: Delirium at night;
stupor; tongue dry and coated; skin dry; pulse 98; thirst;
occasional pains in abdomen; bowels relaxed. On the 13th the
right parotid gland became painful and much swollen and on the 17th typhoid symptoms
were manifested; sordes appeared on the gums; his stupor
increased and he was constantly attempting to get out of
bed. There was some bronchitis with a little painless
expectoration. A red papular eruption was quite distinct.
During the next ten days his cough became more troublesome,
and on Jan. 6, 1864, jaundice and constipation were added to
the symptoms, with increasing stupor, incoherent talking,
glazed eyes, thick and tenacious sputasputum which he was unable
to expectorate. He died on the 8th. "The autopsy revealed
pneumonia as the cause of death and confirmed the diagnosis
of typhoid fever."—Act. Ass't. Surg. Carlos
Carvallo, Douglas Hospital, Washington D. C.