3^2 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



did not terminate in either of thefe falutary 

 ways, excepting in fome, who were happy 

 enough to have the difeafe conquered in the 

 beginning by proper evacuations, and by 

 keeping up a plentiful fweat, till the total fo- 

 lution of the fever, by proper mild diapho- 

 retics and diluents. But thofe who had not 

 that good fortune, however tranquill things 

 might appear at this period, (as great debi- 

 lity and a little yellownefs in the white of 

 the eyes, feem'd then to be the chief com- 

 plaints, excepting when the vomiting con- 

 tinued), yet the face of affairs was foon chan- ' 

 ged ; for this period was foon fucceeded by 

 the fecond Jiaiiiwn ; a ftate, tho' without any 

 fever^ much more terrible than the firft : 

 the fymptoms in which were the following. 

 VIII. i.TuEpuffe, immediately after the 

 recefs of the fever, was very little more fre- 

 quent than in health, but hard and fmall. 

 However, tho' it continued fmall, it became, 

 foon afterwards, flower and very foft ; and this 

 foftnefs of the pulfe remained as long as the 

 pulfe CO aid be felt. In many, in this ftage 

 of the difeafe, the pulfe gradually fub- 

 fided, until it became fcarce perceptible ; and 

 this, notwithftanding all the means ufed to 



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