Yellow Fever

(yel’-lo fe-ver). An epidemic fever marked by a yellow state of the skin, black vomit, . The disease is conveyed from one sufferer to another by a certain mosquito, the stegomyia fasci at a. Those therefore who have the nursing of yellow fever patients must take every precaution to prevent the acce of mosquitoes to the patient, and also to avoid being themselves bitten. The first feelings are of languor and dyspepsia, followed by twenty-four hours of high fever; if, after these twenty-four hours, the fever declines, there are hopes of recovery. Death may result from violent convulsion or from exhaustion. A mustard plaster to the stomach, or hot mustard bath, allays the sickne and convulsions. Beef-tea decreases the exhaustion. Mild purgatives are good, and any treatment which produces perspiration. The recovery is slow, and food must be given in very small quantities, and be very light. Deafne and blindne may result. ch028.xhtml **Z** — s. 161 —