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begins with a violent fever, attended with pains in 
the head, back, and limbs, accompanied with conti- 
nual retchings; he fometimes vomited up much bile, at 
ether times little or none ; thefkin was dry, the tongue 
much furred, together with great thirld, coftivenefs, 
and the urine highly coloured. At the beginning of 
the fever he was generally let blood ; this evacua- 
tion afforded fome relief, and by keeping his body open, 
and taking cooling medicines, the retchings abated 
in about five or fix days : the whole furface of the 
body became yellow, though this circumftance did 
not always happen. Afterwards it became florid, 
having the appearance of a rafh ; on which he felt 
a great uneafinefs for feveral days, with a numbnefs 
and tingling all over him : when the urine grew 
turned, and depofited a thick fediment. About the 
beginning of the third week from the firfb attack, 
the cuticle appeared elevated in many places. In 
eight or nine days afterwards it became fo loofe, as 
to admit of being eafily removed in large flakes. 
The cuticle of the hands from the wrift to the 
fingers ends came off whole, bearing the refemblance 
of a glove. He never was difpofed to fvveat in any 
part of his illnefs, and when fweating was attempted 
by medicines, he grew worfe for it ; nor was he 
much at eafe till his urine depofited a fediment, 
after which he felt very little inconvenience, but 
from the rigidity of the fkin. The nails of the 
patient, whofe cafe you communicated to the Royal 
Society, are mentioned to have come off after the 
illnefs ; I did not find that ever was the cafe in this 
perfon. 
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