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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