to an obstruction of insensible perspiration; when the articles 
this matter are thrown back into the circulation, they may stagnat 
in, and plug up the extremities of the fine hair arteries near the sur- 
face, or bring on spasmodic constrictions of them. An _irritatio. 
may also be owing to other causes, as acrid food or liquors, affections 
of the mind, hunger, the absorption of pus, any thing acrimonious 
coming in contact with the extremity of a nerve, intense study, great 
watchfulness, profuse venery, &c. Cole ge pe aie. 
THE symptoms of an inflammatory fever, are: parching heat, in- 
tolerable thirst, high colored urine, without sediment ; quickness, 
hardness, and fulness of pulse, pain in the head, back, poe ins; a 
dry furred tongue, anxiety about the heart and chest, difficult respi- 
ration, drowsiness and aversion to food. Cap Dt Sey oe 
Fevers generally begin with a previous sensation of chilliness, 
shivering, or intense cold ; less or more, longer or shorter, external 
or internal, according to the variety of subjects, causes, or fevers 
themselves. When the fever comes on gradually, the patient gene- 
rally complains of languor, or listlessness, soreness of the flesh or 
bones, and heaviness of the head. When it attacks suddenly, it al- 
ways begins with an uneasy sensation of excessive cold, anli- 
ed with debility and loss of appetite. agteaed 
Tue Procxostics.—Every fever ends in health, another disease, i 
or death, - te area : 
In health, when the matter causing the disease, is subdued by the é 
fever, loosened, rendered moveable, and at length expelled by insen-— 
sible perspiration, sweat, saliva, vomiting, urine, or diarrhoea ; a crisis 
usually coming on within fourteen days, in any event. 
In another disease, when the vessels are injured by too violent an 
agitation, or too much powerful medicine ; the more fluid parts con- 
sumed, the rest too much thickened, and the critical matter deposit- 
~ ed im vessels which are obstructed, dilated, or ruptured ; hence 
arises fever-sores, pustules, red spots, erysipelas, biles, buboes, schir- 
. rous tumors, abscesses, gangrene and mortifications. aR ore 
In death, when the preternatural-increase of the vital heat ars = 
comes the elasticity of the muscular fibres, and stops the action of es 
the heart ; or, when the fluids are destroyed by the force of -the 
solids. Hence arise inflammations, suppurations, gangrene in the 
vital parts, and ulcers in the first passages. 3 
THE CURATIVE INDICATIONs.—These direct to the correction and 
expulsion of the acrid, irritating matter, with unremitted attention to 
the living principle, that it may not be too much diminished ; while 
all the emunctories and passages of the body should be kept free — 
and open, the motion of the blood restrained within due bounds, and 
the redundance of heat expelled. As to regimen, fresh air is abso- 
lutely necessary, which may be admitted by the door or windows, . 
often and as long as may be thought convenient ; it not only rem 
Mis anxiety, but cools the blood, revives the spirits, and proves e€ 
“ial. Many patients are stifled to death for the want 
ud be thrown frequently on a red hot 
