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FrcPure, I ffiould rather choofe to call this a malig- 
nant Angina , than the true Morbus Strangulator ins . 
Not a few early in the Diforder have had gangre- 
nous Sloughs formed in their Mouths, and perhaps 
fo early in fome, that the Diforder was fcarce com- 
plained of, till the Slough was formed, fo quick has 
it been in its Progrefs. 
Others again, without any of the preceding Sym- 
ptoms, have only complained of a flight Pain in fw al- 
io wing, fucceeded with a hot Flefh, feverifh Pulfe 
(never quick and weak, but as to the Stroke quick, 
and fufficiently full and Prong), a ffiort, low, heck- 
ing, hoarfe Gough (the Patient generally fo hoarfe 
as to be difficultly undcrPood after a Day or two’s 
Ulnefs)-, which, fooner or later, for I never could 
obferve any certain Period, was produ&ive of a 
difficult, noify, and Prangulating Refpiration. 
Thefc Laft, cfpectally the Former of them, I ePeeni 
as the pathognomonic Symptoms of the real Morbus 
Strangulator ions : The above-mentioned are rather 
Symptomata Ciiufie, quani Morbi. 
I have not mentioned a Foetor Oris , which, when 
it happens, is ufually an early Symptom, becaufc, 
tho' fome have had it, others have had it nor. 
This Refpiration, however agonizing it appears, 
has, efpccially in the Beginning, its Remiffions, and 
Exacerbations. Its Caufe cannot of courfc be per- 
manent. I take it to be owing to a Lodgment of 
fome Matter in or about the Glottis , and Larynx 
thro’ which the infpired Air is obliged to pafs: Wliiie 
this Matter is capable of being expe&orated, and 
happens to be coughed off, the Breathing for a time 
becomes free, and the Patient is delivered from the 
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