3^78 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



tent. About the end of the fecond day, the 

 heat began to abate. 



3. The Jkin was fometlmes (tho' rarely) 

 dry; but oftner, and indeed generally, It 

 was moift and difpofed to fweat. 



On the fir ft day, the fweating was com- 

 monly profufe and general ; on the fecond 

 day, it was more moderate : but on both 

 thefci there happened frequent and (hort re^ 

 miflions of the fweatings j at which times 

 the febrile heat increafed, and the patient 

 became more uneafy. On the third day, 

 the difpofition to fweat was fo much abated, 

 that the ikin was generally dry ; only the 

 forehead and backs of the hands continued 

 moift. 



4. The refpiration was by no means fre- 

 quent or difficult, but was foon accelerated 

 by motion, or the fatigue of drinking a cup 

 of any liquid. 



5. The tongue was moift-, rough and 

 white, even to its tip and edges. On the 

 fecond day, its middle in fome was brown. 

 On the third day, the whitenefs and rough- 

 nefs of the tongue began to abate. 



6. The thirfl in very few was great. 



7. A 



