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eleven o'clock, which were succeded by violent fever, afterwards 

 in an hour and a half The fever continued to rage till about 

 six o'clock, in the evening. During the exacerbation, great 

 pain or oppression was felt in the brain, liver, spleen or stomach, 

 and frequently, in all these organs. The sweating stage took 

 place about midnight. By daylight, there was a respite, but 

 not a total exemption from the urgency of these symptoms. 



This was the common course of the disease, but there were 

 occasionally found, distinct intermittents and a few cases of 

 continued fever. The first cases mentioned aftbrded no oppor- 

 tunity for interposing tonicks. In the second order, every 

 common man as well as the physician was acquainted with the 

 proper, and certain remedy ; and the third form of the epidem- 

 ic, was most safely left to the healing power of nature. 



Such however, was the malignancy of our autumnal diseases, 

 that from the best information we can procure, the Hockhock- 

 ing country, (now called Lancaster,) in a circle of five miles 

 around Lancaster, the one fifth of the inhabitants died, in that 

 year! From information given us by many in the same circle 

 around Chillicothe, one sixth part of the inhabitants were swept 

 off by death. 



As a sequel to this epidemic, a most annoying and incorigi- 

 ble affection of the skin took place; nor have there been want- 

 ing cases of the same description in any year since the above 

 mentioned. The emigrants from the Atlantic states could not 

 be persuaded, that it was not the same disease which in their 

 country, is denominated itch. But in this opinion they are 

 certainly mistaken, inasmuch as it resisis all the remedies 

 which are successfully employed in that disease* 



MILK SICKNESS. 



Its most prominent symptoms were first, a sense of uncom- 

 mon lassitude, and a listlessness, and aversion to muscular mo- 

 tion. A slight pain about the ancles, which seemed gradually 

 to ascend to the calves of the legs, and in a few hours more, a 

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