390 ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS 



fadion began very early, or rather increafed 

 very quickly. 



XI. This was the progrefs of this terrible 

 difeafe thro' its feveral Jiadia. But in hot 

 weather, and when the fymptoms in the firft 

 ftage were very violent, it paiTed thro' thofe 

 ftages, as Dr. Warren has likewi£e obferved, 

 with fuch precipitation, that there was but 

 little opportunity of diftinguilhing its diffe- 

 rent Jiadia j the whole tragedy having been 

 finifhed in lefs than 48 hours. 



XII, It was remarkable, that, i. The 

 infedlion was increafed by warm and lelTened 

 by cold weather. 2. The fymptoms in the 

 feveral Jiadia were more or lefs violent, ac- 

 cording to the heat or coolnefs of the wea- 

 ther. In hot days, the fymptoms were not 

 only more violent, but in thofe who feemed, 

 in moderate weather, to be on the recovery, 

 or at leaft in no danger, the fymptoms were 

 all fo greatly heightened, when the weather 

 grew confiderably warmer, as frequently to 

 become fatal. In cool days, the fymptoms 

 were not only milder, but many, who were 

 apparently in great danger in hot days, were 

 faved from the very jaws of death by the 

 weather becoming happily cooler. 3. The 



difeafe 



