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form only an orier^ or fubdivifion of a clafs. He 

 has alfo changed the order of the clalTes, and re- 

 ferred the Vitia^ or local external diforders^ which 

 are principally the objeds of furgery, to the end 

 of his fyftem. In this he has been followed by 

 the two fucceeding nofologifts. Dr. Vogel and Dr. 

 Cullen. The claflical diftribution is, however, 

 confefledly not the primary confideration ; that of 

 fixing the generical charadler, and determining 

 what fliall conftitute the fpecifical^ being the firft 

 objeft of every fyftem. To this end a ftill farther 

 redudion of the number of genera and /pedes ^ will 

 probably not a little contribute. 



Clafs I. EX ANTHEM ATICI. Fevers attended 

 with eruptions on the fkin. 



I. CoNTAGiosi. Contagious* 



1. Morta. Veficukry Fe- 



2. Pettis. *Ihe Plague, 



3. Variola. Smallpox:, 



4. Rubeola. Meafies, 



5. Petechia. Spotted Fi?- 



ver, 



6. Siphylis, Venereal Dif- 



eafe. 



2, Sporadici. Sporadic fevers j not conta- 

 gious. 



9. Aphtha. Aphthous Ft- 



7. Miliaria, Miliary Fe- 



ver, 



8, Uredo. Nettle Fever. 



ver. 



3. SoLiTARii. AfFedling a part of the body 

 only. 



10. Eryfipelas. Stn Antbony^s Fire. 



In 



