Mountain Fever
Mountain Fever is a scholarly work, published in 1880 in ''The BMJ''. The main subjects of the publication include Altitude sickness, geography, fever of unknown origin, and viral hemorrhagic fever. Month", when in reality he had only been one night.The pupils -were slightly unequal, but both active.Examination of his chest showed his heart and lungs to be healthy.He complained of pain in his head.July 20th.He had a convulsive attack to-day, after which it was *found that his left side was paralysed, and the pupils were markedly unequal.He complained of pain in his head.August 24th.He had been rather helpless since the last note was made, and been confined to bed ; yet he remained in the very best of spirits.When asked how he was, he said he felt " Very well", repeating the words " very well".He sang occasionally, and talked a good deal of the fine boats he possessed, and addressed strangers by some familiar name, such as " Joe".He laboured under the delusion of mistaken identity, and held out his hand to shake hands with strangers, believing he had known them all his life.He tookl his food well and enjoyed it.November 20th.Verylittle change had occurred since the last note was taken, unless it was that his voice was not so strong, and was very tre- mulous when he spoke; he took his food well, but it had ceased to do him the same amount of good as at first, as he had lately lost flesh, -showing that nutrition was becoming impaired.January 8th, I88o.He was generally veryhappy and content, although he was cjuite helpless, and had to be lifted out and into bed.A bed-sore was forming over the sacrum.Pulse 86.The urine, being examined, was found to be healthy.February 3rd.He sank and died.