Vale J A, Scadding J W
JA Vale, NPIS (Birmingham Unit), City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK. Email:
J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2017 Sep;47(3):288-295. doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2017.316.
This paper reviews Churchill's illness in Carthage in December 1943. It was characterised by fever that lasted 6 days, left lower lobe pneumonia and two episodes of atrial fibrillation. He was managed in a private villa by Lord Moran, his personal physician, with the assistance of two nurses and the expert advice of colleagues. Sulphadiazine and digitalis leaf were prescribed and Churchill recovered. It is remarkable that, despite the severity of his illness, he continued to direct the affairs of State from his bed.
本文回顾了丘吉尔于1943年12月在迦太基患病的情况。其症状表现为持续6天的发热、左下叶肺炎以及两次房颤发作。他在一座私人别墅中由其私人医生莫兰勋爵照料，并有两名护士协助以及同事的专业建议。当时给他开了磺胺嘧啶和洋地黄叶，丘吉尔最终康复。值得注意的是，尽管病情严重，他仍卧床指挥国家事务。
