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tally fullj hard, «nd confeqUently ftrong-: in 

 fome, it was fmall and hardj in otfeeTs, fbft 

 and fmall j biit in all thofe cafes, it frequently 

 Varied in its fuUnefs and hardtiefs. To- 

 wards the termination of the fever, the pulfe 

 becam*£ fmaller, harder, and lefs frequent. 

 -In fome thfere was a remarkable throbbing 

 in the carotids and irt'the hypochondria-, \[\. 

 the latter of which, it was fometimes fo great, 

 that it caufed a conftant tremulous motion 

 of the abdomen, 



2. The heaty generally, did not exceed 

 102 degrees of Farenheif % thermometer ; 

 in fome it was lefs, it varied frequently, and 

 was commonly nearly equal in all parts, the 

 heat about xht praecordia being feldom more 

 intenfe than in the extremities, when thefc 

 were kept covered. In the firft day of the 

 difeafc, fome had frequent returns of a fenfe 

 of chillnefs, tho' there was not any abate- 

 ment of their heat. In a few, there hap- 

 pened fo great a remiflion of the heat for 

 fome hours. When at the fame time the pulfe 

 was foft and lefs frequent and the jfkiii 

 moift, that one from thefe circurnftances 

 might reafonably have hoped that the fever 

 would only prove a remittent or intermit- 

 VoL. II. B b b tent 



