Insomnolency，forthemostpart，especiallyinthesefevers，andagainadispositiontocoma。Thebowels，inalldiseases，weredisordered，andinabadstate，butworstofallinthese。Theurine，inmostofthem，waseitherthinandcrude，yellow，andafteratimewithslightsymptomsofconcoctioninacriticalform，orhavingtheproperthickness，butmuddy，andneithersettlingnorsubsiding;orhavingsmallandbad，andcrudesediments;thesebeingtheworstofall。
Coughsattendedthesefevers，butIcannotstatethatanyharmorgoodeverresultedfromthecough。
3。Themostofthesewereprotractedandtroublesome，wentoninaverydisorderlyandirregularform，and，forthemostpart，didinacrisis，eitherinthefatalcasesorintheothers;forifitleftsomeofthemforaseasonitsoonreturnedagain。Inafewinstancestheleverterminatedwithacrisis;intheearliestoftheseabouttheeightiethday，andsomeoftheserelapsed，sothatmostofthemwerenotfreefromthefeverduringthewinter;butthefeverleftmostofthemwithoutacrisis，andthesethingshappenedaliketothosewhorecoveredandtothosewhodidnot。Therebeingmuchwantofcrisisandmuchvarietyastothesediseases，thegreatestandworstsymptomattendedthemostofthem，namely，aloathingofallarticlesoffood，moreespeciallywiththosewhohadotherwisefatalsymptoms;buttheywerenotunseasonablythirstyinsuchfevers。Afteralengthoftime，withmuchsufferingandgreatwasting，abscesseswereformedinthesecases，eitherunusuallylarge，sothatthepatientscouldnotsupportthem，orunusuallysmall，sothattheydidnogood，butsoonrelapsedandspeedilygotworse。Thediseaseswhichattackedthemwereintheformofdysenteries，tenesmus，lientery，andfluxes;but，insomecases，thereweredropsies，withorwithoutthesecomplaints。Whateverattackedthemviolentlyspeedilycutthemoff，oragain，didthemnogood。Smallrashes，andnotcorrespondingtotheviolenceofthedisease，andquicklydisappearing，orswellingsoccurredabouttheears，whichwerenotresolved，andbroughtonnocrisis。Insometheyweredeterminedtothejoints，andespeciallytothehip—joint，terminatingcriticallywithafew，andquicklyagainincreasingtoitsoriginalhabit。
4。Peoplediedofallthesediseases，butmostlyofthesefevers，andnotablyinfantsjustweaned，andolderchildren，untileightortenyearsofage，andthosebeforepuberty。Thesethingsoccurredtothoseaffectedwiththecomplaintsdescribedabove，andtomanypersonsatfirstwithoutthem。Theonlyfavorablesymptom，andthegreatestofthosewhichoccurred，andwhatsavedmostofthosewhowereinthegreatestdangers，wastheconversionofittoastrangury，andwhen，inadditiontothis，abscesseswereformed。Thestranguryattacked，mostespecially，personsoftheagesIhavementioned，butitalsooccurredinmanyothers，bothofthosewhowerenotconfinedtobedandthosewhowere。Therewasaspeedyandgreatchangeinallthesecases。Forthebowels，iftheyhappenedpreviouslytohavewaterydischargesofabadcharacter，becameregular，theygotanappetiteforfood，andthefeversweremildafterwards。But，withregardtothestranguryitself，thesymptomswereprotractedandpainful。Theirurinewascopious，thick，ofvariouscharacters，red，mixedwithpus，andwaspassedwithpain。Theseallrecovered，andI
didnotseeasingleinstanceofdeathamongthem。
5。Withregardtothedangersofthesecases，onemustalwaysattendtotheseasonableconcoctionofalltheevacuations，andtothefavorableandcriticalabscesses。Theconcoctionsindicateaspeedycrisisandrecoveryofhealth;crudeandundigestedevacuations，andthosewhichareconvertedintobadabscesses，indicateeitherwantofcrisis，orpains，orprolongationofthedisease，ordeath，orrelapses;whichoftheseitistobemustbedeterminedfromothercircumstances。Thephysicianmustbeabletotelltheantecedents，knowthepresent，andforetellthefuture—mustmediatethesethings，andhavetwospecialobjectsinviewwithregardtodisease，namely，todogoodortodonoharm。Theartconsistsinthreethings—
thedisease，thepatient，andthephysician。Thephysicianistheservantoftheart，andthepatientmustcombatthediseasealongwiththephysician。
6。Painsabouttheheadandneck，andheavinessofthesamealongwithpain，occureitherwithoutfeversorinfevers。Convulsionsoccurringinpersonsattackedwithfrenzy，andhavingvomitingsofverdigris—greenbile，insomecasesquicklyprovefatal。Inardentfevers，andinthoseotherfeversinwhichthereispainoftheneck，heavinessofthetemples，mistinessabouttheeyes，anddistentionaboutthehypochondriacregion，notunattendedwithpain，hemorrhagefromthenosetakesplace，butthosewhohaveheavinessofthewholehead，cardialgiaandnausea，vomitbiliousandpituitousmatters;children，insuchaffections，aregenerallyattackedwithconvulsions，andwomenhavetheseandalsopainsoftheuterus;whereas，inelderpersons，andthoseinwhomtheheatisalreadymoresubdued，thesecasesendinparalysis，mania，andlossofsight。
ThirdConstitution7。InThasus，alittlebeforeandduringtheseasonofArcturus，therewerefrequentandgreatrains，withnortherlywinds。Abouttheequinox，andtillthesettingofthePleiades，therewereafewsoutherlyrains:thewinternortherlyandparched，cold，withgreatwindsandsnow。Greatstormsabouttheequinox，thespringnortherly，dryness，rainsfewandcold。Aboutthesummersolstice，scantyrains，andgreatcolduntilneartheseasonoftheDog—star。
AftertheDog—days，untiltheseasonofArcturus，thesummerhot，greatdroughts，notinintervals，butcontinuedandsevere:norain;
theEtesianwindsblew;abouttheseasonofArcturussoutherlyrainsuntiltheequinox。
8。Inthisstateofthings，duringwinter，paraplegiasetin，andattackedmany，andsomediedspeedily;andotherwisethediseaseprevailedmuchinanepidemicalform，butpersonsremainedfreefromallotherdiseases。Earlyinthespring，ardentfeverscommencedandcontinuedthroughthesummeruntiltheequinox。Thosethenthatwereattackedimmediatelyafterthecommencementofthespringandsummer，forthemostpartrecovered，andbutfewofthemdied。Butwhentheautumnandtherainshadsetin，theywereofafatalcharacter，andthegreaterpartthendied。Whenintheseattacksofardentfeverstherewasaproperandcopioushemorrhagefromthenose，theyweregenerallysavedbyit，andIdonotknowasinglepersonwhohadaproperhemorrhagewhodiedinthisconstitution。Philiscus，Epaminon，andSilenus，indeed，whohadatriflingepistaxisonthefourthandfifthday，died。Mostofthosetakenwithhadarigoraboutthetimeofthecrisis，andnotablythosewhohadnohemorrhage;thesehadalsorigorassociated。
9。Somewereattackedwithjaundiceonthesixthday，butthesewerebenefitedeitherbyanurinarypurgation，oradisorderofthebowels，oracopioushemorrhage，asinthecaseofHeraclides，whowaslodgedwithAristocydes:thisperson，thoughhehadthehemorrhagefromthenose，thepurgationbythebladder，anddisorderofthebowels，experiencedafavorablecrisisonthetwentiethday，notliketheservantofPhanagoras，whohadnoneofthesesymptoms，anddied。Thehemorrhagesattackedmostpersons，butespeciallyyoungpersonsandthoseintheprimeoflife，andthegreaterpartofthosewhohadnotthehemorrhagedied:elderlypersonshadjaundiceordisorderofthebowels，suchasBion，whowaslodgedwithSilenus。
Dysenterieswereepidemicalduringthesummer，andsomeofthosecasesinwhichthehemorrhageoccurred，terminatedindysentery，ashappenedtotheslaveofEraton，andtoMullus，whohadacopioushemorrhage，whichsettleddownintodysentery，andtheyrecovered。Thishumorwasredundantinmanycases，sinceinthosewhohadnotthehemorrhageaboutthecrisis，buttherisingsabouttheearsdisappeared，aftertheirdisappearancetherewasasenseofweightintheleftflankextendingtotheextremityofthehip，andpainsettinginafterthecrisis，withadischargeofthinurine;theybegantohavesmallhemorrhagesaboutthetwenty—fourthday，andtheswellingwasconvertedintothehemorrhage。InthecaseofAntiphon，thesonofCritobulus\'son，thefeverceasedandcametoacrisisaboutthefortiethday。
10。Manywomenwereseized，butfewerthanofthemen，andtherewerefewerdeathsamongthem。Butmostofthemhaddifficultparturition，andafterlabortheyweretakenill，andthesemostespeciallydied，as，forexample，thedaughterofTelebolusdiedonthesixthdayafterdelivery。Mostfemaleshadthemenstrualdischargeduringthefever，andmanygirlshaditthenforthefirsttime:incertainindividualsboththehemorrhagefromthenoseandthemensesappeared;thus，inthecaseofthevirgindaughterofDaetharses，themensesthentookplaceforthefirsttime，andshehadalsoacopinoushemorrhagefromthenose，andIknewnoinstanceofanyonedyingwhenoneorotherofthesetookplaceproperly。Butallthoseinthepregnantstatethatwereattackedhadabortions，asfarasI
observed。Theurineinmostcaseswasofthepropercolor，butthin，andhavingscantysediments:inmostthebowelsweredisorderedwiththinandbiliousdejections;andmany，afterpassingthroughtheothercrises，terminatedindysenteries，ashappenedtoXenophanesandCritias。Theurinewaswatery，copious，clear，andthin;andevenafterthecrises，whenthesedimentwasnatural，andalltheothercriticalsymptomswerefavorable，asIrecollecthavinghappenedtoBion，whowaslodgedinthehouseofSilenus，andCritias，wholivedwithXenophanes，theslaveofAreton，andthewifeofMnesistratus。