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beating of the Heart, and Pain in the Back. Many of 
them would prefently fall into Defpair, and thought no 
other but that the Plague had already feized them. This 
was efpecially more frequently obferved in the Months 
of July, Augufi , and September. It feemed ftrange to me 
at firft, but I found that it had alfo its Natural Caufes, 
which were Birred up by fome Secret Paflions of the 
Mind, and therefore might alfo be remedied by Natural 
Means. Chearful and incouraging Difcourfe, to roufe 
and comfort the Spirits, went a great way in the Cure, 
but there were a great many upon whom this availed 
nothing, but remained inconfolable and melancholly, fo 
far, that, at laft they died. At length this Fear got the 
upper hand fo much, that even the Phyficians themfelves 
(though generally reckon’d Men of Underloading and 
Experience) left the Town and fled. The neareft Relati- 
ons would not venture fo much as to viflt thofe that were 
fo poflefled, or give them any Afliftance : And we have 
Inftances enough of Parents that in this Cafe would not 
viflt their own Children, though they lived in the fame 
Houfe with them. 
The particular Accidents, as far as I could obferve in 
my Pra&ice, and from thence Prognofticate, are as fol- 
lows. 
The Bubo ’/ were in the Beginning of the Contagion 
much more dangerous than afterwards ; and thofe which 
happened on the left Side were more pernicious than 
thofe on the right : Which very well agrees with what 
Dr. Rivinus (p. 54.) has obferved. 
Bubo's did not always need to be drawn and extra&ed, 
nor would they fometimes be drawn or forced outward, 
but were divided by good Emollient Medicines. 
It was better not to lay Plaifters prefently upon the 
Bubo's, but to flay till the fifth Day, and then it might 
be done with Safety. 
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