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were feized, and, for the mofl part, very 

 nightly J but fpreading, it became after- 

 wards, particularly ia June, more gene- 

 ral and feveie* In the courfe of the fea* 

 fon, it gradually declined both in ftrength 

 and frequency ; and autumn probably 

 put an end to it every where. 



Thk fymptoms commonly werCj flight 

 fever, beginning often in the, night, fel- 

 dom in a very lenfible way, with a Imill 

 degree of heat j a little oppieliion in 

 breathing; and, toward the ii:orning, a 

 dilpofition to IWeat. Next day, a gcne- 

 ,ral languor and lafllcude were fe It ; v^ich 

 dull heavy pain of the head, efpecially 

 the fore part ; a bruifed like feel all over 

 the bones ; weight, and often pain at the 

 praecordia. The eyes were watery and 

 fwelled. There was a running at the 

 nofe, fneezing, fore throat, teridernefs a- 

 long the wind- pipe, cough, expedoration 

 ,of clear phlegm, proftration of appetite 

 and fpirits ; and all thefe were attended 

 with a foft pulfe, fomewhat full, and 

 fcarcely more frequent than the natural. 



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