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ther grew confiderably warmer, as. fre- 
quently to become fatal. In cool days, 
the fymptoms were not only milder, but 
many, who were apparently in great. 
danger in hot days, were faved from the 
very jaws of death by the weather be- 
coming happily cooler. 3. The difeafe 
was generally more fatal to thofe, whe 
lay in {mall chambers not conveniently 
fituated for the admiffion of ‘freth air, to. 
thofe of an athletic .and full habit; te 
ftrangers who were-natives of a cold cli- 
mate, -to thofe who had':the. greateft 
dread of it, and to thofe, who, before the, 
attack of the difeafe, had overheated 
themfelves by exercife in the fun, or by: 
exceflive drinking of {trong liquors ; either 
of which indeed feemed to render the 
body more fufceptible of the infection. 
Laftly, the difeafe proved moft certain- 
ly fatal to valetudinarians, or to thofe 
who had been weakened by any previous 
 difeafe. 
KILL. Tue prognoftics in the firft /ladi- 
um are thefe: 1. The more acute and con- 
_ ftant the pains are in the head, loins, knees, 
rte 
