Dengue, or Break-Bone Fever

C. Powers
1860 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal  
ulcérations of the breasts are entirely cicatrized ; the headache, hitherto constant aud very severe, has diminished. Fifteen days after the ulcérations appeared about the breasts, she had general roseola, followed by mucous tubercles in the posterior fauces, and in the genito-crural region. There were also incrustations upon the scalp. At the present date, the roseola has disappeared and given place to lenticular, copper-colored papules ; the mucous tubercles of the mouth are softened and
more » ... ated, especially at the posterior part of the pharynx and upon the tonsils ; the sub-maxillary, and the anterior and posterior cervical glands are engorged ; there is very marked emaciation, and commencing alopecia. Antoinette Eloi is not allowed to nurse any children, and is undergoing an antisyphilitic treatment, of which mercurial preparations constitute the foundation.
doi:10.1056/nejm186005310621804 fatcat:xx7gqwadxrhhlpkeknbtax64ga