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SECT. XXXII. 



DISEASES OF IRRITATION. 



Irritative fevers with Jlrong pulfe. With weak pulfc. 

 Symptoms of fever. Their fource. II. I. 0(uick 



pulfe is owing to decreased irritability. Z. Not in 



Jleep or in apoplexy. 3. From inanition. Owing 

 to deficiency of fenforial power- III* I Caufes of 



fever. From defefi of heat. Heat from fecretions. 

 Pain of cold in the loins and forehead, z. Great ex- 



pmfe of fenforial power in the vital motions. Im- 

 merjion in cold water. Succeeding glow of heat. 

 Difficult refpiration in cold lathing explained. Why 

 the cold bath invigorates. Bracing and relaxation 

 are mechanical terms. 3. Ufes of cold bathing. Ufes 

 of cold air in fevers. 4. Ague jits from cold air. 

 Whence their periodical returns. IV. Defect of dif- 

 tention a caufe of fe<ver. Deficiency of blood. Trans- 

 fufion of blood. V. I. Defecl of momentum of the 

 blood from mechanic Jlimuli. 2. Air injected into, 

 the blood 'veffels. 3. Exercife increases the momentum 

 of the blood. 4. Sometimes bleeding increafes the 

 momentum of it. VI. Influence of the fun and moon 

 on difeafes. The chemical Jlimulus of the blood, 

 Menjiruation obeys the lunations. Queries. VII. 

 Quiefcence of large glands a caufe of fever. Swell- 

 ing of the prcecordia. VIII. Other caufes of qui- 

 efcence, as hunger, bad air , fear, anxiety. IX. I. 

 Symptoms of the, cold ft, ^. Of the hot ft. 3. 

 Second cold ft why. 4. Inflammation iniroditced* 

 or delirium, or Ji up or. X. Recapitulation. Fever 



not 



