+ . HECTIC FEVER. 
., becomes of.a florid red, the rednefs gencrally appears 
r both cheeks. 
ks out; 
ote emit more profufe, through the whole 
become more and 
courfe of the difeafe. 
. OF the two daily 
fpeaks, 
moft confiderable.”’ 
_ other phyficians rie 
acerbation, and u 
of one, and that an seni exacerbation, 
ing fweats 
mae: se be oblerved that the progrefs of the paroxy{m 
above deferibed refembles’ in feveral refpects the paroxy{m 
and in popular lan- 
r 
exacerbations, of which Dr. Cullen 
e obferves, ‘ is always the 
it m C) 
— Decale witneffed this double ex- 
ally deferibe the he€tic as confifting only 
terminating in the 
the patient is very il, it will re Bi \ 
pote day, that he chillinefs of a new fit will follow immedi- 
ately the fweat of the former, 1t1s not unufual to have many 
threatenings of a fhivering in the me day.’’ 
The feries of fymptoms are not lefs irre 
and oe = the whole exac nla in its periods o 
nefs of heétic fever,’’ fays the fame author, 
and fometimes meer 
a 
out being f liowed either by aah or {weat. 
of = _feldom oe fame for three fits ee 
“¢ The 
po 
er, the fever will fometimes Spenie 
ill retu 
the fever the chillinefs wi which is a rtain 
ian of thie ‘tere almott all ae begin mith a a Shillinels ; : 
tae the return of this, fo as to laft half an hour or longer, 
while the fever is ftrong u is what I never 
and in she middle of 4 
P- $9) s of the ex- 
ty ATisis t at the de- 
copious pink 
as in = true ae eam 
difeafe the urine is high coloured, am and depolits a copious 
etite for food is generally lei impair- 
. hse is feldom very 
Shthin any cones ect fever. The thirft 
confiderable ; the mouth is commonly moift ; and 
becomes fr free from all fur, ap- 
in the advanced ftages of cau 
as the throat,to be fomew tat 
“a aphihous ulsration tas 
* 
gular i in their variety rer 
f the pulfe is of more 
nd the pa 
the this I cannot 
-» which feldom falls clofe to the bottom ae 
d as the af 
place. For fome time in the courfe of the difeafe the bowels 
are bound : a8 in ye advanced flages of it, a diarrhea 
almoft always comes on, and continues to recur frequently, 
alternating in foe fs aL the i{weatings mentioned 
Heétic fever is always attended with rupmek: which gra- 
dually increafes during its progrefs, and emaciation takes 
place to a greater extent, than m almoft any pe Bak difeafe..: 
Towards the end, the fect are often affeted with edematous 
{wellings. The ‘exacerbations of the fever are feldom at- 
tended with any ‘head-ache, and fcarcely ever with delirium ; 
the fenfes and judgment commonly remaining entire to the 
very clofe of the difeafe. 
The diagnofis of this fever, as it is commonly fymptomatie 
of fome internal or external difeafe, does not confift fo much 
in ais age. “ from the true intermittent or remittent 
fever, (fron h the difference is very obvious from the 
hifko ory of the difente, as ede detailed,) as in eenawlek 
the feat and nature of the local affection by which it is ex- 
cited. This is to be haley of courfe, by invelligating the 
derangement of the functions in pan ar Organs, ¢. gry 
e lungs, liver, gia arts. Where the pro- 
bet the sig? is infidious, ae and the prefence of 
ocal difeafe is an attention to the flate of the 
roa 
= 
ufe to pie our judgment, than in the, 
complaint which has been de 
p 
o 
be) 
Of. 
oihes 
5 
5 
& 
io 
8 
re 
- 
ro 
"8 
5 
ra 
ort o: 
rous kinds often fubfitt bane in the stody ico ios iesese a 
hectic. What is the Ce e ftate of the acrimony producing 
Ut it feems to be chiefly that of a 
vitiated p #3 (Bit + Lines, parag. 861.) In-favour . 
of this iad the Te ml of inftances of hectic may 
ly be ci The moit numerous cafes are cer- 
d frequentl variet 
sais. have been conneéted with heétic, and which agree, 
with in one common operation, as well as with. 
each other i ; 
thofe. ulcers and {uppurating prey namely, im keeping 
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