West African Fever.
The death of Prince Henry of Battenburg is another reminder of the deadly nature of the West African fever. It is thus describea by one who recovered : - The fever steals upon his victim before he knows that anything is amiss. A native gives up his hut and the hot and tired traveller enters. Within an hour he » down with the fever ; his head throbs, his skin is dry and burning ; his Dody feels as though he had been beaten with sticks ; he is as sick as a Calais boat could make him in a heavy gale ; for a couple of days the fever holds him fast; now better, now worse -but every time he Jifts himself from the wretched bed n little weaker, everything about him seems nesatived by this poison— drink ceases to satisfy thirst —sleep becomes a time of terror, for long ' dreams of endless toil crowd upon him as he lies, while still the presence of pain isunfelt. At last the fever leaves him for a time ; then comes ihe moment for the quinine. And after four or rive days he rises as weak as tb-uißli twenty days of English illness had p»s-M<l over him. while"voice and limb fnlw-r at ihf-if wrvk and all wishes for good seem to have van ished for ever. , „_
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 179, 1 February 1896, Page 3
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220West African Fever. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 179, 1 February 1896, Page 3
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