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mouth and noftrils. This alio occurs in the cold fits of intermit- 

 tents. In thefe cafes I have alio found the tongue cold to the 

 touch of the finger, and the breach to the back of one's hand, 

 when oppofed to it, which are very inaufpicious fymptoms, and 

 generally fatal. In fevers with inirritability it is generally ef- 

 teemed a good fymptom, when the noftrils and tongue become 

 moift after having been previoutly dry ; as it (hews an increased 

 action of the mucous glands of thole membranes, which were be- 

 fore torpid. And the contrary to this is the facies Hippocratica, 

 or countenance ib well deicribed by Hippocrates, which is pale, 

 cold, and (hrunk 5 all which are owing to the inactivity of the 

 fecerning veiTels,the palenefs from there being lefs red blood pann- 

 ing through the capillaries, the coldnefs of the fkin from there 

 being lefs fecretion of perfpirable matter, and the fhrunk appear- 

 ance from there being lefs mucus fecreted into the cells of the 

 cellular membrane. See Clafs IV. 2. 4. IX* 

 M. M. Blifters. Incitantia. 



5. Urina parcior pallida. Paucity of pale urine, as in the cold 

 fits of intermittents ; it appears in fome nervous fevers through- 

 out the whole difeafe, and feems to proceed from a palfy of the 

 kidneys ; which probably was the cauie of the fever, as the fever 

 iometimes ceafes, when that fymptom is removed : hence the 

 ilraw-coloured urine in this fever is fo far falutary, as it (hews 

 the unimpaired adtion of the kidneys. 



M. M. Balfams, eiTential oil, afparagus, rhubarb, a blifler. 

 Cantharides internally. 



6. Torpor hepaticus. Paucity of bile from a partial inaction 

 of the liver ; hence the bombycinous colour of the fkin, grey 

 ftools, urine not yellow, indigeftion, debility, followed by tym- 

 pany, dropfy, and death. 



This paralyfisor inirritability of the liver often deftroys thofe 

 who have been long habituated to much fermented liquor, and 

 have fuddenly omitted the ufe of it. It alio deftroys plumbers 

 and houfe-painters, and in them feems a fubititute for the colic a 

 faturnina. See Sect. XXX. 



M. M. Aloe and calomel, then the bark, and chalybeates. 

 Mercurial ointment rubbed on the region of the liver. Rhubarb, 

 three or four grains, with opium half a grain to a grain twice a 

 day. Equitation, warm bath for haif an hour every day. 



7. Torpor pancreath. Torpor of the pancreas. I law what 

 I conjectured to be a tumour of the pancreas with indigeftion, 

 and which terminated in the death of the patient. He had been 

 for many years a great confumer of tobacco, infomuch that he 

 chewed that noxious drug all the morning, and fmoked it ail the 

 afternoon. As the fecretion from the pancreas refembles faliva 



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