Letter 0174

Patient Details

• Patient info
  Name: N/A Unnamed
  Gender:
  Age:young man
• Description

  inoculated for smallpox. Patient not in correct habit for inoculation, having contracted venereal disease from London in the spring.

• Diagnosis

  Smallpox. Died of the second fever.

• Treatment
  Previous Treatment:
  Ongoing Treatment:

  Had recently had plaister applied to scrotum by a physician, which the surgeon did not know about.

  
  Response:

  Disagreement whether patient's clap had been cured or whether it was the cause of his death. Fever appeared day after plaister applied. Swelling in scrotum had been relieved by the time the surgeon saw it a few days later.

• More information
• Medical problem reference
  Smallpox, Venereal complaints, Fevers, Genitals