INFLUENCE IN THE FEVERS OF INDIA, &C. 5 



lies, cholera morbus, acute liver, the small-pox, 

 measles, erysipelas, elephantiasis, rheumatism, 

 gout, tooth-achs, ophthalmias, megrims, obstruc- 

 tions of the liver and spleen, diarrhoeas, consump- 

 tions, spitting of blood, and hoemorrhoids; many- 

 species of hypochondriasis, insanity, epilepsy, te- 

 tanus and asthma; the state of teething in chil- 

 dren, all local inflammations, external and internal, 

 accompanied with fever of any kind, and all sores 

 and ulcers, especially of the legs in warm climates. 

 In short, all diseases attended with periodical exa- 

 cerbations of fever, however obscure, &c. &c. 



With whatever success, therefore, I may have 

 acquitted myself in my researches i^especting the 

 class of fevers, it will appear from this explanation, 

 that the object, at least, cannot, with truth, be 

 represented as unimportant and useless. It cannot 

 be unimportant and useless to investigate the na- 

 ture of a class of diseases, by which the whole of 

 the human race is sorely afflicted ; and ultimately 

 three-fourths of mankind are carried to the grave. 



II. Of the effects of Sol-Lunar Influence in 

 Fevers, denominated Continued, Remitting, and 

 Intermitting. 



A collection of all the observations I have made 

 on this subject would be much too voluminous for 

 a place amongst the researches of the Society. 

 For my present object, it will be sufficient to state, 

 as briefly as possible, the general conclusions that 

 I have been led to draw from a view of the whole ; 

 and they are those that follow. 



\st. Of the Paroxysms of Fevers. 



In Bengal there is no room to doubt that the 

 human frame is affected by the influence connect- 



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