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relief^ in the Maladie du pais^ next to their return 

 home, from ftrong exercife : however he hints his 

 wifhes, that the pay of the men was advanced, as 

 one of the beft means of infpiring them with chear- 

 fulnefs and hilarity, heceffary to counterbalance 

 this evil, at leaft in fome degree. 



To conclude, the fubje6t of this paper has been 

 fo well treated by feveral later judicious writers 

 amongft us, that the Englijh phyfician cannot ex- 

 pe6b to meet with much new matter in this dif- 

 fertation ; but it is neverthelefs very worthy the 

 regard of all who wilh to make themfelves acquaint- 

 ed with the difeafes of the navy* 



77. Febris IJpsALiENSis. A, Bofirom. 1757. 



The fever here defcribed, which had been re-' 

 markably epidemical in divers parts of Sweden^ 

 but particularly at Upfal^ for feveral years before 

 this time, and which had by many been fuppofed 

 to be a new diiiemper. Dr. Bqflrom confrders as of 

 the Remittent clafs, and common in all other parts 

 of Europe. He has determined its type to be that 

 of the Hemitrit^a of Linn^us, (fee Gen. Morh^ 

 23.) or the Semitertian of authors. In fome 

 years indeed, he obferves, that it feemed to have 

 changed its form, was attended with Petechia., and 

 became contagious, under which appearance it 

 was named Fehris Petecbizans, and Febris Nervofa^ 

 when attended particularly v^ith delirium and fpafms. 

 In its milder ftate, efpecially in the fpring, it af- 

 fumed a regular quotidian^ or continued tertian 

 type. 



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