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ral parts. In each of these disorders, in- 

 deed, it is evident that the whole system 

 is affected; the nervous functions are im- 

 paired or disturbed; as are also those of 

 the digestive organs, and of the sanguiferous 

 and secerning systems. Yet we denomi- 

 nate these general disorders from their 

 most prominent character. Thus, when 

 the sanguiferous and secerning organs are 

 chiefly aftected, and the temperature of 

 the bod}^ is subject to considerable varia- 

 tions, we call the disorder fever. Of fevers, 

 some are violent or inflammatory, but of 

 short duration ; some more languid and con- 

 tinued, becoming as it were, habitual or 

 hectical; and there are others, in which 

 the actions are vehement, though the 

 powers are feeble ; these cannot be long 

 continued, for they are speedily destruc- 

 tive of life : the last also frequently so 

 strikingly resemble Typhus, as not to be 

 distinguishable from that fever when it 



