‘eg BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
~ About yut the third or fourth day from the time of sickening, the small 
‘pox generally begin to appear; sometimes, indeed, they may appear 
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at is no favorable symptom. At first they resemble 
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, appearing first on the face, arms and breast. 
most favorable symptoms are a slow eruption, and an abate- 
nt of the fever as soon as the pustules appear. In the mild, dis- 
tinct kind, the pustules seldom appear before the fourth day, and 
they generally keep coming out gradually for several days after. 
-Pustules which are distinct, with a florid red basis, and which fill — 
with thick purulent matter, first of a whitish, and afterwards ofa 
yellowish color, are best. . . 
_ A livid brown color of the pustules is an unfavorable symptom 5 — 
as also when they are small and flat, with black specks in the 
middle. Pustules which contain a thin watery ichor are very bad. 
__ A great number of pox on the face is always attended with dan- 
ger. It is also a bad sign when they run into one another. It is 
most unfavorable symptom when purple, brown, or black spots 
é inte sed among the pustules: they are signs of a putrid dis- 
_ Solution of the blood, and show the danger to be very great. Bloody 
stools or urine, with a swelled belly, are bad symptoms; as is alsoa 
continual strangury. Pale urine, and a violent throbbing of the ar- 
- teries of the neck are signs of an approaching delirium, or of con- 
vulsion fits: when the face does not swell, or falls before the pox 
comes to maturity, it is very unfavorable. If the face begins to fall — 
about the eleventh day, and at the same time the hands and feet be- 
gin to swell, the patient generally does well; but when these do not 
succeed each other, there is reason to apprehend danger. A brown 
crust on the tongue is an unfavorable symptom ; cold shivering fits 
at the height of the disease are likewise unfavorable. Grinding of 
h when it proceeds from an affection of the nervous system, _ 
sabad sign. Adults suffer mést: pregnant women generally mis- 
-_ Dret.—Tbroughout this disease, be cautious of disturbing Nature 
in her operations. A little officious meddling disconcerts her, and 
renders the disorder unmanageable. All that is necessary, generally — 
speaking, during the eruptive fever, is to keep the patient cool and — 
easy, allowing him to drink freely of some weak diluting liquors; 
as balm tea, barley-water, apples boiled in water; or wine whey, ce 
der whey, or vinegar whey, or barley-water made acid, boiled but- 
 termilk, clear whey, &c.; the more he drinks the better. He should 
not be confined to his bed, but should sit up as much as he i 
1ould have his feet and legs frequently bathed in luke 
7. His food ought to be light, and le should be as little disturb- 
ed with company as possible. Much mischief is done at this period 
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