Chap. IX. Of a ^eftilenttal Fever. 3 9 



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



*' given as a Drench. Thi5 being repeated for two or 



*' three days fuccefTively, will digelt that Humour, and 



'• dry it up by degrees. 



CHAP. IXo 



Of Teftilential Fe'vers. 



T J 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 Sickneflts 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 v/hich are of the ordinary Kind The Caufe of 

 differ only in degree from ether malignant Peplentid le- 

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

 fame Lentor of Blood, and oftentimes proceed from the 

 fame Cauies, as the eating of unwholfome Food, butefpe- 

 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 when the 

 Plague actually feizes Horfes, the Effeds are fo fudden, 

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

 temperature in the Elements, or Infedion from thofe who 

 are already feized with the Diftemper ; 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 almoit univerfal Stagnation ; which Ef- 

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

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

 Circumftances, require the fame Method of Cure. 



As for the Signs, they are not unlike thofe e^/^g ^j 

 of putrid and malignant Fevers, only that 

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

 and Inflammation of the Kernels about the Throat, pro- 

 ceeding from a Stagnation of the Juices in thofe I'mall Veflel?. 

 and when the Difeafe is very violent, a vaft quantity of- 

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