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colour and dry, but clean. She was thirfty, but complained that 

 her drink was unpalatable, though acidulated with lemon juice. 

 She had no moifture on her fkin. Had gone to ftool once. Slept 

 tolerably well the night before. The febrile fymptoms were miti- 

 gated, but the cynanche unabated. I ordered nothing but the 

 faline julep. 



Fourth Day. There appeared on her tongue a pellucid vcficle 

 of about an inch long, and near half an inch broad, turgid with 

 a faintly yellowifh ferous fluid. A fraaller one of the fame kind 

 appeared on the infide of the left cheek. The fenfation which 

 they occafioned (he defcribed as being fimilar to that which (he 

 had experienced before their eruption, but greater in degree, and 

 fomewhat as if they were full of fcalding water. This day her 

 fkin was cooler, but her pulfe very weak, irregular and about 

 ninety in a minute. She had had two loofe fl:ools. I pre- 

 fcribed half a drachm of the red Peruvian bark, very finely pow- 

 dered, to be taken every two hours in a goblet of wine and water. 

 Imperial for common drink. The tindure of rofes to be changed 

 for an emollient gargle. 



Fi FTH day. Three veficles fimilar to the former appeared on her 

 cheft and right arm. Other fymptoms nearly as before. Pulfe 

 not fo feeble. Medicines were continued. 



Sixth day. Her ftomach rejeded the bark. Two new veficles 

 appeared on her neck and cheek. Her breath was foetid. She had 

 had fome low delirium in the night. Pulfe eighty-eight, and very 

 weak. No fenfe of tafte. I prefcribed a decodion of bark, one 

 ounce, in which (hould be difiTolved half a drachm of vegetable 



alkali, 



