第5章

bowelsconstipated。Ontheeleventh,passedurineofabettercolor,andhavinganabundantsediment;feltlighter。Onthefourteenthhadarigor;acutefever。Onthefifteenth,hadacopiousvomitingofbiliousandyellowmatters;sweated;fevergone;atnightacutefever;

urinethick,sedimentwhite。Ontheseventeenth,anexacerbation;

nightuncomfortable;nosleep;delirium。Ontheeighteenth,thirsty;

tongueparched;nosleep;muchdelirium;legspainfullyaffected。

Aboutthetwentieth,inthemorning,hadaslightrigor;wascomatose;

slepttranquilly;hadslightvomitingofbiliousandblackmatters;

towardsnightdeafness。Aboutthetwenty—first,weightgenerallyintheleftside,withpain;slighturinethick,muddy,andreddish;whenallowedtostand,hadnosediment;inotherrespectsfeltlighter;

fevernotgone;faucespainfulfromthecommencement,andred;uvularetracted;defluxionremainedacrid,pungent,andsaltishthroughout。Aboutthetwenty—seventh,freeoffever;sedimentintheurine;painintheside。Aboutthethirty—first,wasattackedwithfever,biliousdiarrhea;slightbiliousvomitingonthefortieth。

Hadacompletecrisis,andwasfreedfromthefeverontheeightiethday。

CASEVI。Cleonactides,whowaslodgedabovetheTempleofHercules,wasseizedwithafeverinanirregularform;waspainedintheheadandleftsidefromthecommencement,andhadotherpainsresemblingthoseproducedbyfatigue;paroxysmsofthefeversinconstantandirregular;occasionalsweats;theparoxysmsgenerallyattackedonthecriticaldays。Aboutthetwenty—fourthwascoldintheextremitiesofthehands,vomitingsbilious,yellow,andfrequent,soonturningtoaverdigris—greencolor;generalrelief。Aboutthethirtieth,begantohavehemorrhagefrombothnostrils,andthiscontinuedinanirregularmanneruntilnearthecrisis;didnotloathefood,andhadnothirstthroughout,norwastroubledwithinsomnolency;urinethin,andnotdevoidofcolor。Whenaboutthethirtiethday,passedreddishurine,havingacopiousredsediment;

wasrelieved,butafterwardsthecharactersoftheurinevaried,sometimeshavingsediment,andsometimesnot。Onthesixtieth,thesedimentintheurinecopious,white,andsmooth;allthesymptomsameliorated;intermissionofthefever;urinethin,andwellcolored。Ontheseventieth,fevergonefortendays。Ontheeightiethhadarigor,wasseizedwithacutefever,sweatedmuch;ared,smoothsedimentintheurine;andaperfectcrisis。

CASEVII。Metonwasseizedwithfever;therewasapainfulweightintheloins。Nextday,afterdrinkingwaterprettycopiously,hadproperevacuationsfromthebowels。Onthethird,heavinessofthehead,stoolsthin,bilious,andreddish。Onthefourth,allthesymptomsexacerbated;hadtwiceascantytricklingofbloodfromtherightnostril;passedanuncomfortablenight;alvinedischargeslikethoseonthethirdday;urinedarkish,hadadarkishcloudfloatinginit,ofascatteredform,whichdidnotsubside。Onthefifth,acopioushemorrhageofpurebloodfromthelefthesweated,andhadacrisis。

Afterthefeverrestless,andhadsomedelirium;urinethin,anddarkish;hadanaffusionofwarmwateronthehead;sleptandrecoveredhissenses。Inthiscasetherewasnorelapse,buttherewerefrequenthemorrhagesafterthecrisis。

CASEVIII。Erasinus,wholivedneartheCanalofBootes,wasseizedwithfeveraftersupper;passedthenightinanagitatedstate。

Duringthefirstdayquiet,butinpainatnight。Onthesecond,symptomsallexacerbated;atnightdelirious。Onthethird,wasinapainfulcondition;greatincoherence。Onthefourth,inamostuncomfortablestate;hadnosoundsleepatnight,butdreamingandtalking;thenalltheappearancesworse,ofaformidableandalarmingcharacter;fear,impatience。Onthemorningofthefifth,wascomposed,andquitecoherent,butlongbeforenoonwasfuriouslymad,sothathecouldnotconstrainhimself;extremitiescold,andsomewhatlivid;urinewithoutsediment;diedaboutsunset。Thefeverinthiscasewasaccompaniedbysweatsthroughout;thesweatsthroughout;thehypochondriawereinastateofmeteorism,withdistentionandpain;theurinewasblack,hasroundsubstancesfloatinginit,whichdidnotsubside;thealvineevacuationswerenotstopped;thirstthroughoutnotgreat;muchspasmswithsweatsaboutthetimeofdeath。

CASEIX。Criton,inThasus,whilestillonfoot,andgoingabout,wasseizedwithaviolentpaininthegreattoe;hetooktobedthesameday,hadrigorsandnausea,recoveredhisheatslightly,atnightwasdelirious。Onthesecond,swellingofthewholefoot,andabouttheankleerythema,withdistention,andsmallbullae(phlyctaenae);

acutefever;hebecamefuriouslyderanged;alvinedischargesbilious,unmixed,andratherfrequent。Hediedontheseconddayfromthecommencement。

CASEX。TheClazomenianwhowaslodgedbytheWellofPhrynichideswasseizedwithfever。Hehadpaininthehead,neck,andloinsfromthebeginning,andimmediatelyafterwardsdeafness;nosleep,acutefever,hypochondriaelevatedwithaswelling,butnotmuchdistention;

tonguedry。Onthefourth,towardsnight,hebecamedelirious。Onthefifth,inanuneasystate。Onthesixth,allthesymptomsexacerbated。Abouttheeleventhaslightremission;fromthecommencementtothefourteenthdaythealvinedischargesthin,copious,andofthecolorofwater,butwerewellsupported;thebowelsthenbecameconstipated。Urinethroughoutthin,andwellcolored,andhadmanysubstancesscatteredthroughit,butnosediment。Aboutthesixteenth,urinesomewhatthicker,whichhadaslightsediment;somewhatbetter,andmorecollected。Ontheseventeenth,urineagainthin;swellingsaboutbothhisears,withpain;nosleep,someincoherence;legspainfullyaffected。Onthetwentieth,freeoffever,hadacrisis,nosweat,perfectlycollected。

Aboutthetwenty—seventh,violentpainoftherighthip;itspeedilywentoff。Theswellingsabouttheearssubsided,anddidnotsuppurate,butwerepainful。Aboutthethirty—first,adiarrheaattendedwithacopiousdischargeofwaterymatter,andsymptomsofdysentery;passedthickurine;swellingsabouttheearsgone。Aboutthefortiethday,hadpainintherighteye,sightdull。Itwentaway。

CASEXI。ThewifeofDromeadeshavingbeendeliveredofafemalechild,andallothermattersgoingonproperly,ontheseconddayafterwasseizedwithrigorandacutefever。Begantohavepainaboutthehypochondriumonthefirstday;hadnauseaandincoherence,andforsomehoursafterwardshadnosleep;respirationrare,large,andsuddenlyinterrupted。Onthedayfollowingthatonwhichshehadtherigor,alvinedischargesproper;urinethick,white,muddy,likeurinewhichhasbeenshakenafterstandingforsometime,untilthesedimenthadfallentothebottom;ithadnosediment;

shedidnotsleepduringthenight。Onthethirdday,aboutnoon,hadarigor,acutefever;urinethesame;painofthehypochondria,nausea,anuncomfortablenight,nosleep;acoldishsweatallover,butheatquicklyrestored。Onthefourth,slightalleviationofthesymptomsaboutthehypochondria;heavinessofthehead,withpain;

somewhatcomatose;slightepistaxis,tonguedry,thirst,urinethinandoily;sleptalittle,uponawakingwassomewhatcomatose;slightcoldness,sleptduringthenight,wasdelirious。Onthemorningofthesixthhadarigor,butsoonrecoveredherheat,sweatedallover;

extremitiescold,wasdelirious,respirationrareandlarge。Shortlyafterwardsspasmsfromtheheadbegan,andsheimmediatelyexpired。

CASEXII。Aman,inaheatedstate,tooksupper,anddrankmorethanenough;hevomitedthewholeduringthenight;acutefever,painoftherighthypochondrium,asoftishinflammationfromtheinnerpart;

passedanuncomfortablenight;urineatthecommencementthick,red,butwhenallowedtostand,hadnosediment,tonguedry,andnotverythirsty。Onthefourth,acutefever,painsallover。Onthefifth,urinesmooth,oily,andcopious;acutefever。Onthesixth,intheevening,veryincoherent,nosleepduringthenight。Ontheseventh,allthesymptomsexacerbated;urineofthesamecharacters;muchtalking,andhecouldnotcontainhimself;thebowelsbeingstimulated,passedawaterydischargewithlumbrici:nightequallypainful。Inthemorninghadarigor;acutefever,hotsweat,appearedtobefreeoffever;didnotsleeplong;afterthesleepachill,ptyalism;intheevening,greatincoherence;afteralittle,vomitedasmallquantityofdarkbiliousmatters。Ontheninth,coldness,muchdelirium,didnotsleep。Onthetenth,painsinthelimbs,allthesymptomsexacerbated;hewasdelirious。Ontheeleventh,hedied。