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Of The Epidemics   
and sometimes insomnolency; pain of the loins; heaviness of the
head. On the second, the bowels were disordered, with scanty, thin,
and at first unmixed dejections. On the third, more copious, and
worse; at night did not sleep. On the fourth was delirious; frights,
despondency; strabismus of the right eye; a faint cold sweat about the
head; extremities cold. On the fifth day, all the symptoms were
exacerbated; talked much incoherently, and again immediately became
collected; had no thirst; labored under insomnolency; alvine
dejections copious, and unseasonable throughout; urine scanty, thin,
darkish; extremities cold, somewhat livid. On the sixth day, in the
same state. On the seventh she died. Phrenitis.
CASE IX. A woman who lodged near the Liars' Market, having then
brought forth a son in a first and difficult labor, was seized with
fever. Immediately on the commencement had thirst, nausea, and
cardialgia; tongue dry; bowels disordered, with thin and scanty
dejections; had no sleep. On the second, had slight rigor, acute
fever; a faint cold sweat about the head. On the third, painfully
affected; evacuations from the bowels undigested, thin, and copious.
On the fourth, had a rigor; all the symptoms exacerbated;
insomnolency. On the fifth, in a painful state. On the sixth, in the
same state; discharges from the bowels liquid and copious. On the
seventh, had a rigor, fever acute; much thirst; much tossing about;
towards evening a cold sweat over all; extremities cold, could no
longer be kept warm; and again at night had a rigor; extremities could
not be warmed; she did not sleep; was slightly delirious, and again
speedily collected. On the eighth, about mid-day, she became warm, was
thirsty, comatose, had nausea; vomited small quantities of yellowish
bile; restless at night, did not sleep; passed frequently large
quantities of urine without consciousness. On the ninth, all the
symptoms gave way; comatose, towards evening slight rigors; small
vomitings of bile. On the tenth, rigor; exacerbation of the fever, did
not sleep at all; in the morning passed much urine having a
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