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relief; it is therefore necessary to attend to its particular symp- 

 toms here. It is often not very considerable : accordingly, the 

 more distinct marks of pungent pain in the region of the uterus, 

 do not always occur ; we know it commonly from an obscure 

 pain, from a tension communicated to the hypogastrium and 

 abdomen, and a hardness of the pulse ; the uterus cannot bear 

 the touch but with great pain," 



CHAP. XII. OF THE RHEUMATISM. 



CCCCXXXIII. Of this disease there are two species, the 

 one named the Acute, the other the Chronic Rheumatism. 



CCCCXXXIV. It is the acute rheumatism which especially 

 belongs to this place, as from its causes, symptoms, and me- 

 thods of cure, it will appear to be a species of phlegmasia or in- 

 flammation. 



CCCCXXXV. This disease is frequent in cold, and more 

 uncommon in warm climates. It appears most frequently in 

 autumn and spring, less frequently in winter when the cold is 

 considerable and constant, and very seldom during the heat of 

 summer. 



CCCCXXXVI. The acute rheumatism generally arises 

 from the application of cold to the body when any way unusual- 

 ly warm ; or when one part of the body is exposed to cold whilst 

 the other parts are kept warm ; or lastly, when the application 

 of cold is long continued, as it is when wet or moist clothes are 

 applied to any part of the body. 



CCCCXXXVII. These causes may affect persons of all 

 ages ; but the rheumatism seldom appears in either very young 

 or in elderly persons, and most commonly occurs from the age 

 of puberty to that of thirty-five years. 



CCCCXXXVIII. These causes (CCCCXXXVI.) may 

 also affect persons of any constitution, but they most commonly 

 affect those of a sanguine temperament. 



CCCCXXXIX. This disease is particularly distinguished 

 by pains affecting the joints, for the most part the joints alone, 

 but sometimes affecting also the muscular parts. Very often 

 the pains shoot along the course of the muscles, from one joint 



