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Alter this he comes to difcourfe of Remitting Fevers 
in particular, which he divides into Genuine and Spuri- 
ous. By Spurious Remittents he means thofe which are 
accompany'd with fome violent Symptom ; then lie 
gives a Defcriptiori of the Difeafe and its ordinary 
Symptoms, and a very good Reafon why every Exacei> 
bation of a Rernitcing Fever doth not begin.vvkh Cold 
and Shivering as the Paroxifm of an Ague doth. TheDi- 
agnoftic of this Fever when it is regular are taken from 
the Exacerbations and Remiflions, the Pu lie, the Colour 
of the Urine and Periodical Sweats ; but when it is Spu- 
rious, it is very difficult to difcern what Diftemper it 
is, for the Violence of the Symptoms make the Fever 
fcarce perceptible. Here therefore the Author teacheth 
us how to diftinguiih it, and oblerveth that" the Sym- 
ptoms in this caie are always (iich, as argue the ftrength 
and vigour of the Spirits, tho they are in part opprels'd 
with the Poyfbn ; and particularly, that an Effiorefcence 
like an Eryfipelas about the Nofe and Lips ("when it 
happens ) is a certain mark of this Diftemper. Then 
he (peaks of the Evident Caufe of this Fever, which he 
finds to bethe Armofphere; and that therefore - this Dij- 
ftemper is conftant and Endemical in fome places, and 
in aimed all places Epidemical in the Autumn. The 
Prognoftics are thefe which follow, and feveral others*: 
The Remitting Fever before it becomes fatal is always 
turned into a continued Fever without Retniffion,. and: is ■ 
very apt to degenerate into it about the. (late ef> tfie Di- 
Teafe,- elpecially if the Symptoms are fupprefs'd raflh-ly 
and without good Caution. The Spurious.Remittent is 
not more fatal tfcua the Simple, in-. its own Nature,, 
but on ; the Account of its Symptoms. A Remitteat 
fometime after the jlate; of the Diftafe turns into an In- 
termittent, which is very apt to return^ and very- hard-; 
to.be curd. The Crifis of this Fever when left, to Na- 
ture is tedious and uncertain. The-O^x "makes- as- 
i certain. • 
