igd PRACTICAL REMARKS 
toms are at firft fo fimilar to thofe ufually attendant 
upon dentition and worms, that it is very difficult 
to pronounce decidedly upon the real nature of the 
difeafe ; and it is rather from the failure of the ufual 
modes of relief, than from any other more decided 
obfervation, that we at length dare to give it a name. 
At firft, the febrile fymptoms are fometimes fo 
- unfteady, that-I have known them miftaken for the 
pete ore an be ietermattent; and the cure attempt- 
ead Reidt-Iyes upon our notice, and put the a. 
ation of the patient beyond a doubt. But this does 
not always happen. ‘The variations of the pulfe, 
fo accurately defcribed by the late Dr. Whytt, do 
not always enfue. The dilatation of the pupils, 
the f{quinting, and the averfion to light, do not 
: univerfally exift. The {creaming upon raifing the 
head from the pillow or the Jap, and the flufhing of 
the cheeks, I once confidered as affording indubita- 
ble marks of. the difeafe; but ia. a child which 
fometime fince attended with Dr. Ath the ae 
ari | be obferve any peraten Barat a the 
; pote: fieep was ie: eet fometimes . 
Frequent 
