Abdominal Apoplexy due to Spontaneous Rupture of Right Gastric Artery

Abstract

MEInCAL JOURNAL chloramphenicol was administered in a dosage of 23 g. over nine days.Within four days all the symptoms had subsided, and on October 5 the patient, then fully recovered, was discharged from hospitaL (This case was described by Curtin (1949) in his group of paratyphoid fever cases treated with chloramphenicol.)Further Investigations.-Thepatient's blood, taken on August 31, was reported to agglutinate Salm.paratyphi B H up to 1 in 2,500 and non-specific salmonella up to I in 50.It did not agglutinate Salm.typbi H and 0 or Salm.paratyphi B O. On September 12 the paratyphoid organisms cultured from the faeces were reported to belong to phage type Taunton.After treatment the patient's stools were reported free from pathogens on September 23 and 30 and on October 3 and 7. On October 13 her serum still