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fully enumerate the fymptoms with which it was attended, 

 and dcfcrlbe the appearances which occurred on infpeduig 

 the bodies of fuch as died of it; and then lay down the 

 method of cure which Jias been found to be moft fuccefs- 

 ful in its treatment. 



In general, this difeafe was confined to cluldren under 

 ten years old, though fomc few grown pcrfons, particu- 

 larly \;vpmen (while it prevailed) had fymptoms very fimi- 

 lar to it. Moft of thofe who had it vvcre obfervcd to 



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droop for feveral days before they were confined 

 the firjpt fymptoms, in alrnoft every cafe, were a flig 

 flamed and watery eye, a bloated and li vid countenance, with, 

 a few red eruptions here and there upon the face, and ia 

 one cafe a fmall ulcer in the nofe, v^hcnce oofed an ichor 

 b iliarp as to inflame and erode the upper lip. At the fame 

 time, or very foon after, fuch as could fpeak, complained 

 of an uneafy fenfation in the throat, but without any great 

 forenefs or pain. Upon examining it, the tonfils appearec 

 fwelled and flightly inflamed, with a few^ white fpecks 

 upon them, which, in fome, increafed fo as to cover them 

 all over with one general flough; but this, although a fre- 

 quent fymptom, did not invariably attend the difeafe; and 

 fome had all the other fymptoms without it. The breath 

 was either no ways off'enfive, or had only that kind of 

 fmell which is occafioned by worms; and the fwallowing 



was very little, if at all impeded. 



Thefe fymptoms, witli a flight fever at niglit, continu- 

 ed in fome for five or fix days, without alarming their 

 friends; in others a difliculty of breathing came on with- 

 in twenty-four hours, efpecially in the time of fleep, and 

 was often fuddenly encreafed to fo great a degree as to 

 threaten immediate fuff'pcation. In general, however, it 

 came on later, increafed more gradually, and was not con^ 

 ftant; but the patient would now and then enjoy an in- 

 terval of an hour or two, in which he breathed with cafe, 

 and then again a laborious breathing would enfue, during 



which he fecrned incapable of filling his lun 

 air was drawn through a too narrow paflage. 





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