occurred in fevers, before fevers, and after fevers. fevers. But those

cases in which an abscess was formed, and turned to a suppuration,

or a seasonable diarrhea or discharge of good urine took place, were

relieved thereby: but those cases in which none of these symptoms

occurred, but they disappeared without a crisis, proved fatal. The

greater number of these erysipelatous cases took place in the

spring, but were prolonged through the summer and during autumn.

5. In certain cases there was much disorder, and tumors about the

fauces, and inflammations of the tongue, and abscesses about the

teeth. And many were attacked with impairment or loss of speech; at

first, those in the commencement of phthisis, but also persons in

ardent fever and in phrenitis.

6. The cases of ardent fever and phrenitis occurred early in

spring after the cold set in, and great numbers were taken ill at that

time, and these cases were attended with acute and fatal symptoms. The

constitution of the ardent fevers which then occurred was as

follows: at the commencement they were affected with coma, nausea, and

rigors; fever acute, not much thirst, nor delirium, slight

epistaxis, the paroxysms for the most part on even days; and, about

the time of the paroxysms, forgetfulness, loss of strength and of

speech, the extremities, that is to say, the hands and feet, at all

times, but more especially about the time of the paroxysms, were

colder than natural; they slowly and imperfectly became warmed, and

again recovered their recollection and speech. They were constantly

affected either with coma, in which they got which they got no

sleep, or with insomnolency, attended with pains; most had disorders

of the bowels, attended with undigested, thin, and copious

evacuations; urine copious, thin, having nothing critical nor

favorable about it; neither was there any other critical appearance in

persons affected thus; for neither was there any proper hemorrhage,

nor any other of the accustomed evacuations, to prove a crisis. They

died, as it happened, in an irregular manner, mostly about the crisis,