About the fourteenth day, startings over the whole body; talked

much; slightly collected, but presently became again delirious.

About the seventeenth day became speechless, on the twentieth died.

CASE V. The wife of Epicrates, who was lodged at the house of

Archigetes, being near the term of delivery, was seized with a violent

rigor, and, as was said, she did not become heated; next day the same.

On the third, she was delivered of a daughter, and everything went

on properly. On the day following her delivery, she was seized with

acute fever, pain in the cardiac region of the stomach, and in the

genital parts. Having had a suppository, was in so far relieved;

pain in the head, neck, and loins; no sleep; alvine discharges scanty,

bilious, thin, and unmixed; urine thin, and blackish. Towards the

night of the sixth day from the time she was seized with the fever,

became delirious. On the seventh, all the symptoms exacerbated;

insomnolency, delirium, thirst; stools bilious, and high colored. On

the eighth, had a rigor; slept more. On the ninth, the same. On the

tenth, her limbs painfully affected; pain again of the cardiac

region of the stomach; heaviness of the head; no delirium; slept more;

bowels constipated. On the eleventh, passed urine of a better color,

and having an abundant sediment; felt lighter. On the fourteenth had a

rigor; acute fever. On the fifteenth, had a copious vomiting of

bilious and yellow matters; sweated; fever gone; at night acute fever;

urine thick, sediment white. On the seventeenth, an exacerbation;

night uncomfortable; no sleep; delirium. On the eighteenth, thirsty;

tongue parched; no sleep; much delirium; legs painfully affected.

About the twentieth, in the morning, had as light rigor; was comatose;

slept tranquilly; had slight vomiting of bilious and black matters;

towards night deafness. About the twenty-first, weight generally in

the left side, with pain; slight urine thick, muddy, and reddish; when

allowed to stand, had no sediment; in other respects felt lighter;

fever not gone; fauces painful from the commencement, and red; uvula

retracted; defluxion remained acrid, pungent, and saltish