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but great debility. No; this fever did 
not terminate in either of thefe falutary — 
ways, excepting in fome, who were hap- 
py enough to have the difeafe conquered 
in the beginning by proper evacuations, 
and by keeping ‘up a plentiful fweat, ull 
the total folution of the fever, by proper 
mild diaphoretics and diluents. But thofe 
who had not that good fortune, however 
tranquill things might.appear at this pe- 
riod, (as great debility and a little yellow- 
nefs in the white of the eyes feemed then 
to be the chief complaints, excepting when 
the vomiting continued), yet the face of 
affairs was foon changed; for this period 
was foon fucceeded by the fecond fladium ; 
_aftate, though without any fever, much 
_ more terrible than the firft; the fymp- 
_ toms in which were the following : 
VU. 1. THE pulfe, immediately after 
_ the recefs of the fever, was very little more 
: frequent than in health, but hard and 
; fmall. However, tho’ it continued {mall, 
it became, foon afterwards, flower and 
| very foft; and this foftnefs of the pulfe 
remained as long as the pulfe could be felt. 
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