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difeafe was generally more fatal to thofe who 

 lay in fmall chalnbers not conveniently fitu- 

 ated for the admiffion of fre(h air, to thofe 

 of an athletic and full habit, to Grangers 

 who were natives of a cold climate, to thofe 

 who had the greateft dread of it, and to 

 thofe, who, before the attack of the difeafe, 

 had overheated themfelves by exercife in the 

 fun, or by exceffive drinking of ftrong li- 

 quors ; either of which indeed feemed to 

 render the body more fufceptible of the in- 

 fedion. Laftly, the difeafe proved moft 

 certainly fatal to valetudinarians, or to thofe 

 who had been weakened by any previous 

 difeafe. 



XIII. The prognojiks in the firft Jlddium 

 are thefe, i. The more acute and conftant 

 the pains are in the head, loins, knees, &c. 

 the more the eyes are inflamed j the greater 

 their inability is to bear light, and the more 

 the face is flufhed at the firft attack, the 

 fever and all the fymptoms (VI.) in the firfl 

 fiadiiim will be the more violent. 2. The 

 more intenfe the fymptoms are in the iirft 

 ftate, the foon.er will the fever terminate. 

 3. The fooner the difeafe runs thro' the firft 

 Jiadiwriy the fliorter will be the- duration of 



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