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grew extreamly cold, and foon after fucceeded fome 
few days of very hard Froft, whereupon Rheums of 
all kinds, fach as violent Coughs that chiefly affefted in 
the Night, great defluxion of thin Rheum at the Nofe 
and Eyes, immoderate difcharge of the Saliva by fpit- 
ting, hoarfenefs in the Voice, iore Throats, with fome 
trouble in iwallowing, whefings, ftuffings, and foreneft 
in the Breail, a dull heavinefs and ftopp:gein the Head, 
with fuch like Diforders, the ufuai Efftds o\ Cold, fcized 
great Numbers of all forts of People in Duhlh, 
Some were more violently affefted, lo as to be con- 
fined a while to their Beds, thofe complained of Fever- 
iih Symptoms, as fliiverings and chilncfs all over them, 
that made feveral returns, pains in many parts of their 
Body, fevere Head^aches, chiefly about their Foreheads, 
fo as any Noife was very troublefome; great weaknefs 
in their Eyes, that the leaft Light was offenfive; a per- 
fefi decay of all Appetite, foul turbid Unnc, with a 
Brick-coiour'd Sediment at the bottom; great uncafinefs 
and toffing in their Beds all Night : Yet thefe Diforders, 
though they much frightned bo:h the Sick and their 
Friends, ufually without help of Remedy would abate 
of themr^ives, and terminate in univerfal Sweats* that 
conftantly relieved. - 
This more violent degree of the Cold was more spt 
I found to fall on fuch as were given to Excefs either in 
Earing or Drinking, or inclinable to a Scrophulous Dif- 
pofiiion of Body, than on thofe that were more tem- 
perate, and lefs fubjeft to Obftrudions. 
When the Cold was but moderate, itufuaily was over 
in Eight or Ten Days, but with thofe in whom it rofe 
to a greater height, it contmued a Fortnight, three 
¥/ecks, and fometimes above a. Month, one way or o* 
ther it uaiverfally affeded all kinds of Men • thofe in 
the Country, as well as City; thofe that were much 
abroad in the open Air, and thole liiat flay'd much within 
Doors, 
