454, ESSAYS anp OBSERVATIONS , 
ART. XXXIV. 
Hifiory of a Fever after Child-bearing ; by 
the fame*. 
A Delicate young woman (who, for 
two years before fhe was married, 
had, from a fright, been tubje-t, at times, 
to a kind of hyfteric epilepfy, efpecially 
at the approach of the catamenia) about 
four days after being fafely delivered of 
her firft child, had a milk-fever, which 
came on attended with languor, catch- 
ings, and reftlefinefs. She was carefully 
treated with mild diaphoretic and anti- 
f{pamodic remedies both internally and 
externally. A miliary eruption came out 
upon her arms; the Jochia flowed regu- 
larly, and the belly was kept moderately 
open: Yet fhe got no reft, was delirious, 
her tongue dry and black, and her pulfe 
quick and fmall, A blifter was applied 
over 
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