The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 182
[July E E V T E W S . piration is suspended, the pulse is with difficulty perceived, and the belly is immobile and contracted. The next phase is that characterized by tetaniform and clonic spasms, the head, which was drawn downwards and to one side or backwards, returns to its normal position, the… … becomes covered with large drops of sweat, the respiration grows noisy and violent, and there is frothing at the mouth. A period of repose then follows, when the respiration appears regular ; there are movements of swallowing, abdominal gurglings are heard, and undulations of the ab- dominal walls…
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