Chap. IX. Of a Tejlihmtial Fever. 3 9 



*' cool, diiTolve in it an Ounce of Diafcordium, to be 

 " given as a Drench. This being repeated for two or 

 *' three days fucceffively, will digell that Humom-, and 

 *• dry it up by degrees. 



CHAP. IX. 



OfTeJlilential Feven. 



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N D E R this Title may be included all thofe Kinds 

 of Fevers that have a high degree of Malignity in 

 them, and of fuch are many of the Sickneflcs peculiar to 

 fome Seafons. But when they amount to a Plague or Mur- 

 rain, the whole Mafs of Blood becomes fo fuddenly vitia- 

 ted, that they generally prove mortal before any Helps can 

 be given them, there being no Time left for their due Ope- 

 ration of the common Means. 



Thofe which are of the ordinary Kind 'Th^ Caufe of 

 differ only in degree from other malignant Pejiilential he- 

 Fevers, having in common with them the '^^'■■^* 

 fame Lentor of Blood, and oftentimies proceed from the 

 fame Caules, as the eating of unwhoifome Food, but efpe- 

 cially fuch Herbs as are of a cold, vifcid Nature, and are 

 therefore apt to beget Crudities ; or from the Excefs of Ex- 

 ercife upon a full Body, and the like, which, in the Procefs 

 of the Difeafe, brings on Symptoms that bear an Affinity to 

 thofe which are obfervable in the Plague. But Vv'hen the 

 Plague adually feizes Horfcs, the EfFeds are fo fudden, 

 that it can be attributed to no other Caufe than fome Dif- 

 temperature in the Elements, or Infe6tion from thofe who 

 are already feized with the Diilemper ; and whatever be 

 the Nature' of thefe Infedions, whether they proceed from 

 corrofive Ferments, or from any other Caufe, their Opera- 

 tions are fo fudden, that they feem to bring the Blood into 

 an immediate, and almoft univerfal Stagnation ; which Ef* 

 fevfis may be accounted for in the fame Manner as is ufual 

 in the Operation of Poyfons j and, excepting in fome few 

 Circumftances, require the fime Method of Cure. 



As for the Signs, they are not unlike thofe (^^^ Si^Ks. 

 of putrid and malignant Fevers, only that 

 there is a great Stupidity, and, for the moll part, a Swelling 

 and Inflammation of the Kernels about the Throat, pm* 

 ceeding from a Stagnation of the Juices in thofe fmall Veflels, 

 and when the Difeafe is very violent, a vail quantity of 

 L 4. Water 



