CHAP. IX.] 
SYMPTOMS. 
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attended with great difficulty of breathing. The hot 
stage then conies on, the retching still continuing, with 
the difficulty of breathing, intense weakness and rest¬ 
lessness for about an hour and a half, which, should 
the remedies be successful, terminate in profuse per¬ 
spiration and sleep. The attack ends, leaving the 
stomach in a dreadful state of weakness. The fever is 
remittent, the attack returning almost at the same 
hour every two days, and reducing the patient rapidly 
to a mere skeleton; the stomach refuses to act, and 
death ensues. Any severe action of the mind, such as 
grief or anger, is almost certain to be succeeded by fever 
in this country. My stock of quinine is reduced to a 
few grains, and my work lies before me ; my cattle 
are all dead. We are both weakened by repeated fever, 
and travelling must be on foot.” 
