304. +» Dyfeafes in Lendon in November. ’ F Noy. 
No. of Cafes. eight days, by. the ufe of the powder of 
Angina Maligna sie ie - 1 Rondeletia, a valuable bark, lately im- 
Apbthous Sore Throat = ..., =” ported from the colony at Sierra Leona. 
Hooping Cough E a 2 ~ Among the lifts of chronic difeafes, a 
gto FEN hoe one % -* never-failing feries of complaints, moftky 
any oe He moe j Be produced by the intemperate ufe of fpiri- 
¢ $ - . “7 
eee Dee ee a tuous liquors, has been comprifed under 
HRONIC DESEASES. weere cer . 5 
ahi. the titles of Dyfpepfia, Gaftrodynia. 
Aithenia - - - 15 é % 
a fr 3 Enterodynia,and InteftinalH emorrhagy ; 
Droply - - 7 5 3 : > 
rR Rein ene 3 5 to which may be added vere cafes of the 
Eumbago aad Sciatica - 3 afthenia, paralyfis, apop-exy, gravel, or 
Paraly fis - .- 2 dyfury, ichirrous liver, jaundice, and 
Cephalza - = 3 dropfy. Fevers, internal inflammations, 
Epilepfy - - 2, and many pulmonic difeafes are rendered 
Hy fteria. - = 5 inveterated or even fatal, by the fame 
st. Vituss Dance. 3 1 kind of imtemperance. On ‘comparing 
pena araa te aman E : my own obfervations with the bills of 
pee Sant) ee - - 2; of mortaliry, I am convinced that confi- 
Sane te ie : derably more than one-eighth of all the 
Pleuritic Stitch - - 3 : Tor 
Dyfvepia Zz P ns 3 deaths which take place in perfons above - 
Gattrodynia & Ie g 20 years old, happen prematurely 
Becetatenia 6 i g through exceis in drinking fpirits. Thefe 
Diarrhea = 2 3 pernicious liquors are generally fuppofed 
€onftipatio = = 9 to have an immediate and fpecific effect 
Hemorrhoids - ° - 3 on the liver, which vifcus has been found 
Menorrhagia , - - = 2 after death, in drinkers of fpirits, har- 
Enteftinal Hemorrhagy = = - ¥ dened or altered as to its texture, difco. 
Chlorofis, and Amenorrhea : 7 loured and diminifhed. It appears, how- 
ane wees ee 7 * ever, that the ftomach and bowels fuffer 
fee al ner ; _ firft from the ufe of {pirits; and that 
Schirrus of the Ovaria ~ Fury Sy ome ae je 
5 aby a their baneful influence is afterwards ex- 
Schirrus of the Liver - - z ; : 
Jaundice iy i 2 tended gradually to every part of the 
‘Tape Worm. eee eat 2 y body, producing a variety of morbid 
giagides md x 3 phenomena. ge ee 
Gravel and Dyfury =H Ma > 3 1. The ufual fymptoms of indigeftion, 
"Fabes Mefenterica - > 2 attended witha difrelifh of plain food ; 
Struma - = 3. with frequent naufea, and oppreffive 
Diy Tettar = = 2 pains at the fromach ; with an inexpref-. 
Seald-Head = j 2 fible fenfation cf finking, faintnefs, and 
Purpura Pies F t horror; and with fudden, convulfive 
Itch and Prurigu - 5 
difcharges from the. ftomach into.the 
AIODICAL. DISEASES. F : z - 
EEN? a mouth, of a cicar, acid or fweettth 
Quartan ; = - I fuid = 
Hemicranium © - ¥ eae g cae z 
Periodic Gaftrodynia = * 2, 2. Racking pains, and violent contrac- 
" Beética Adolefcentium - - ° 4 trons of the bowels, and of the abdomi- - 
Eeética Senilis. “ - 3 nat mufcles. Thefe fymptoms often 
return, periodically, about four o'clock 
in the morning, being attended with ex- 
treme depreflion, or languor, a fhortnefs 
or breath, and the moft dreadful appre- 
henfions. , 
3. In perfons of the fanguine temapera - 
ment; inflammations of the peritoneal 
membrane, long-continued, and pro- 
On the approach of winter, the variety 
ef acute difeafes is always greatly re- 
duced ; and rheumatic, catarrhal, or other 
pulmonic complaints become moft preva- 
lent. Malignant fevers, and other conta- 
gious difeafes have occurred in a much 
fmaller proportion during, the prefent, - 
chan.in the-two, preceding months; The, oop. Se 
‘café of angina mzligna, elong withthe ~* This fymptom is termed in Scotland, the 
ufyal fymptoms of a malignant fever, €X-  qweter-brafi, and it an ufual effeét ef the delete-. 
hibited deep ulcerations of the tonfils, rious fpirit, whifkey, manufaétured in that coun- 
and adjoining parts, covered with afh-co- try, and diffufed with a lavith hand to perfons of 
loured floughs, and furrounded by livid both fexes, at every period of life, as well among 
edges. Neverthelefs, the fever ceafed, the middling clafles, as among the lower orders 
and the ulcerations were healed in about of ae peopte. 

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