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Of The Epidemics 
Explanation of the characters. It is probable that the cause of
death on the sixth day was the suppression of the discharges.
CASE V. The young man who was lodged by the Liars' Market was seized
with fever from fatigue, labor, and running out of season. On the
first day, the bowels disordered, with bilious, thin, and copious
dejections; urine thin and blackish; had no sleep; was thirsty. On the
second all the symptoms were exacerbated; dejections more copious
and unseasonable; he had no sleep; disorder of the intellect; slight
sweat. On the third day, restless, thirst, nausea, much tossing about,
bewilderment, delirium; extremities livid and cold; softish distention
of the hypochondrium on both sides. On the fourth, did not sleep;
still worse. On the seventh he died. He was about twenty years of age.
Explanation of the characters. It is probable that the cause of
his death on the seventh day was the unseasonable practices
mentioned above. An acute affection.
CASE VI. The woman who lodged at the house of Tisamenas had a
troublesome attack of iliac passion, much vomiting; could not keep her
drink; pains about the hypochondria, and pains also in the lower
part of the belly; constant tormina; not thirsty; became hot;
extremities cold throughout, with nausea and insomnolency; urine
scanty and thin; dejections undigested, thin, scanty. Nothing could do
her any good. She died.
CASE VII. A woman of Pantimides, from a miscarriage, was taken ill
of fever. On the first day, tongue dry, thirst, nausea,
insomnolency, belly disordered, with thin, copious, undigested
dejections. On the second day, had a rigor, acute fever; alvine
discharges copious; had no sleep. On the third, pains greater. On
the fourth, delirious. On the seventh she died. Belly throughout
loose, with copious, thin, undigested evacuations; urine scanty, thin.
An ardent fever.
CASE VIII. Another woman, after a miscarriage about the fifth month,
the wife of Ocetes, was seized with fever. At first had sometimes coma
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