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He thinks it not worth his while to enumerate the 
Diagnostics of ths Difeafe when it is regular and genu- 
ine ; but becaufe it is often fo obicur'd by the Violence 
of feme particular Symptom, that it is frequently mi- 
{taken for fome other Dffeafe, as Head-ach, Apoplexy, 
Colic, PI cure fie, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhcea, Dyfentcry, 
■&c. He reckons up the feveral Diftcmpers which it lo 
exa&ly imitates, and teaches us how to diftinguiih it 
from them, which is chiefly to be done by the Colour 
and Contents of the Unne, and the Periodical Exacer- 
bation of the Symptoms. In his Chapter of Progno- 
stics he obferves', that no body dies of an Intermittent 
but in the Cold Fit. That the Symptoms are often of 
more dangerous confequence than the Pay ion itielf. 
That an Emetick, or (ometimes lome flight Remedies 
given before the Third Fit often cure the Difeafe ; but if 
the Fever hangs long upon the Patient, it is often turn'd 
into a Continued Fever, or produces Chronical DifterA* 
pers, which will not be cur'd without the ufe of the 
Cortex f zruv. with feveral other remarkable things, of 
all which he gives the Reafbn. In the Chapter of the 
Intentions of Cure, he lays down two Indications, one 
in the Fit, and another in the lucid Interval ; and tells 
us how and .why Blood-letting, Emetics, Purges, Opi- 
ates, Diaphoretics are fo often very injurious to the Pa- 
tient. Then he defcribes the Method to be taken when 
Intermittent^ lie hid under the fhapes of other, Difeafes. 
He obferves by the by, that when this Fever is accompa- 
nied with an Efflorefcens like that of an Eryfipelaj, or 
Scarlet Fever, it is alfo-joyo'd with a Periodical Diarrbaa, 
or Cholera Moth us. He gives the reafon how it came 
to pafs, that the Ancients were fo abfurd in the Cure of 
this Fever, and how Specifics were brought in rcqueft • 
■ and here he treats of all the known. Specifics, as Amulets^ 
Fericarpia^ Infufion of Crocks Metallorim, Diaphoretic 
Antimony, Salt of Wormwood, Bitters, &tr and (hews 
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