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oftener on a particular part : And that, 

 after Co long a time, it was i'o fpee lily 

 carried off by the lame eafy method ap- 

 propriated to the cure of it in its piimary 

 form. 



The difeafe, in this chronical ftate, 

 very much refembled a febricula, or lurk- 

 ing fever j which is often met with, and 

 goes on many weeks, without altering 

 its fhape, being hardly perceivable by 

 the pulfe, thirft, or any preternatural 

 heat. A fmall whitenefs of the tongue, 

 and higher colour of the urine ; fleeplefs 

 nights, without ficknefs, pain, or reitlefl- 

 nefs ; langour, and flow wafting ; are its 

 fymptoms. Many, as in our fever, are 

 neither fo ill as to be confined, nor fo 

 vrell as to keep up under it. And, like 

 that too, it is eafily cured by lying in bed, 

 diaphoretics, and the neutral mixture ; 

 befides which, bUilering is requifite. JSy 

 comparing the epidemic with this little 

 fever, I was led to the cure of it in its 

 hedlie ftate. 



'Ihough, in its general conftitution 

 and progrefs, there is no malady more 



iimple 



