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ACCOUNT or DISEASES m LONDON, 
From the 20th of Fuly to the 20th of Auguft. 
ACUTE DISEASES. 
Wo. of Cafes. 
§ CUTE Rheumatifm sig Gh ee 
Gout - S vs 
Catarrh . * nies oe 
Sore-throat * g 
Aphthous Sore-throat = 
Mortification of the Bowels vc 
Jnteftinal Hemorrhagy = i 
Hamorrhagy from the Lungs — 
Contagious Malignant Fever: ei Se 
Meafles = ee 2 i e 
Scarlatina $ ee 
Small Pox - = s. 
-Chicken Pox 
‘Summer Fever \ = =< 
Slow Fever - “ 
Puerperal Fever = ° 2 
Acute Difeafes of Infants - 
CHRONIC DISEASES. 
Atthenia - - - 
Cough and Dyfpneea - * 
“Pulmonary Confumption - - 
Chronic Rheumatifm - = 
Sciatica - - a 
Paralyfis < = 
Hyfteria - - 
~ Cephalza = ot 
- Chlorofis - - 
_ Dyfpepfia Bue e 
Gaftrodynia Bs : S 
Enterodynia oe 
Bilious Vomiting and Diarrhea 2 
WMenorrhagia = = = 
Fluor A)bus - ~ = 
Schirrous Uteri = = 
Schirrous Liver 2 = 
ae - = 
‘Prolapfus Ani ° - 
“Hernia = = - 
Prolapfus Uteri 2 Bike 
* Hemorrhoids Baek deh ogee 2 
Dyfury and Gravel e © 
Dropfy == ~ 2 “ 2s 
- Edema Puerpurale = 
Scrophula (6 = 
‘Tabes Mefenterica S 
Wornis = = a 
Cancer - 2 - 
Empetigo 
Lupus = = 
Inflamed Puftules. 2 > 
Prurigo - - « 
Itch = s - 
Scalled Head - = 
Scaly ‘Tettar 0 = = 
Purpura - = - 
Miliaria - =. - 
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has produced more cafes of acute and 
chronic rheumatifm, of catarrh, and 
other pulmonic difeafes, than is ufual 
far the prefent feafon, Violent diforders 
of the ftomach and bowels, attended 
with bilious difcharges, have alfo been 
very prevalent. The . proper cholera, 
as deicribed by Sydenham, in’ general, 
fucceeds thefe compiamts, not appeavii 
till the end of Auguft, or beginning ot 
September. Contagious fevers of alk 
kinds feem to have abated confiderably 
within the prefent month, at leaft, on 
the weftern fide of the town. 
The numerous cafes of aphthous fore- 
throat, put down in the lift of difeafes,. 
for feveral months paft, demand fome at~ 
tention. A flight account of this com- 
plaint was given formerly *-: but a more 
enlarged hiitory of it may not be amifs, 
as it has a better right to be termed idio- 
pathic than many other difeafes, to: 
which particular names have been af= 
figned. * 
The aphtheus fore-throat ufually be- 
gins with flight feverith fymptoms, as 
head-ache, irregular fhiverings, and pam 
inthe limbs. I'wo or three days after- 
wards, a roughnefs and {welling are felt 
in the throat: upon infpeétion, the 
tongue appears of a dark-red colour, ex- 
cepting that the ‘middle part of it is 
covered with a thin whitifh fur, above 
which, the points of the elongated pa- 
pille are every where vifible. On the 
tops of thefe, {mall ulcerations are form- 
ed along the upper furface and fides of 
the tongue ; alfoonthe uvula and ronfils, 
which are tumid, and much inflamed. 
In children, the ulcerations extend to the 
lips, palate, infide of the cheeks,-and te 
the gums, The fmall fpecks of ulcera- 
tion ufually remain diftinét, and heal in 
a few days; but are, from time-to time, 
fucceeded by others in the fame, or in 
different fituations. In fome cafes, how- 
ever, thefe fpecks become confluent, and 
form upon the palate and gums, within 
the fauces and cheeks, extenfive ‘patches. 
of ulceration, covered with thick floughs 
of a white or yellowifh colour. ‘There is 
feldom any diforder of the conftitution 
attending this fpecies of fore-throat, be= 

* See Mas. for April, 1796. 
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