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and to ufe proper means to drive away all Fear and 
Concern. Some have been obliged from the time of 
the Infition to abdain from Fieih and all ftrong Li- 
quors ; but I found afterwards, that the Eruption did 
nor proceed fo well, when they were obliged to live 
too low. Perhaps in warmer Climates, where they 
are not (b much accuftomed to live upon Fieih, fuch 
Abftinence may be neceflary 5 but here I find it belt 
to let them eat and drink as ufual, tho* fomething 
more fparingly, till the Fever begins to rife 5 and then, 
but nor before, we enjoin fuch a Regimen as is ufual 
in like Cafes. 
The fird Thing that occurr’d after the Infition, was 
the Inflammation of the Wounds, which commonly hap- 
pen’d about the fourth Day, when they began to ap- 
pear very red round about, and to grow a little fore 
and painful; in about two Days more they began to 
diged and run. In feme they begin to run fooner, 
and the quantity difebarged is much greater than in 
others. 1 generally found, that in thofe who difehar- 
ged mod this way, the Fever was more flight, and 
the Small f’o.v fewer, tho’ I have known fome do very 
well when thefe places have only appear’d very red, 
bur have fcarcc run any thing at all, as ir ufually hap- 
pens, when the Incifion is made, fo fuperncial as not to 
cut thro’ the Skin. 
About the feventh Day the Symptoms of the Fe- 
ver begin ro come on, which are the very fame, that 
we always cbferve in the Small Pox of the didind: 
Kind, in the natural way. A quick Pulfe, great heat 
and third, pain in the Head and Back ^ and about 
the region of the Stomach, vomiting, dofednefs, Barr- 
ings, and fometimes Convulfions. All were not fa- 
zed with all thefe Symptoms, nor in the fame Degree 
or Continuance} fome began on the feventh Day, and 
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