of the epidemics-第5节

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be　kept　warm；　no　discharge　of　urine。　On　the　eighth；　a　cold　sweat　all



over；　red　rashes　with　sweat；　of　a　round　figure；　small；　like　vari；



persistent；　not　subsiding；　by　means　of　a　slight　stimulus；　a　copious



discharge　from　the　bowels；　of　a　thin　and　undigested　character；　with



pain；　urine　acrid；　and　passed　with　pain；　extremities　slightly



heated；　sleep　slight；　and　comatose；　speechless；　urine　thin；　and



transparent。　On　the　ninth；　in　the　same　state。　On　the　tenth；　no　drink



taken；　comatose；　sleep　slight；　alvine　discharges　the　same；　urine



abundant；　and　thickish；　when　allowed　to　stand；　the　sediment



farinaceous　and　white；　extremities　again　cold。　On　the　eleventh；　he



died。　At　the　commencement；　and　throughout；　the　respiration　was　slow



and　large；　there　was　a　constant　throbbing　in　the　hypochondrium；　his



age　was　about　twenty。



　　CASE　III。　Herophon　was　seized　with　an　acute　fever；　alvine　discharges



at　first　were　scanty；　and　attended　with　tenesmus；　but　afterwards



they　were　passed　of　a　thin；　bilious　character；　and　frequent；　there　was



no　sleep；　urine　black；　and　thin。　On　the　fifth；　in　the　morning；



deafness；　all　the　symptoms　exacerbated；　spleen　swollen；　distention



of　the　hypochondrium；　alvine　discharges　scanty；　and　black；　he　became



delirious。　On　the　sixth；　delirious；　at　night；　sweating；　coldness；



the　delirium　continued。　On　the　seventh；　he　became　cold；　thirsty；　was



disordered　in　mind；　at　night　recovered　his　senses；　slept。　On　the



eighth；　was　feverish；　the　spleen　diminished　in　size；　quite



collected；　had　pain　at　first　about　the　groin；　on　the　same　side　as



the　spleen；　had　pains　in　both　legs；　night　comfortable；　urine　better



colored；　had　a　scanty　sediment。　On　the　ninth；　sweated；　the　crisis　took



place；　fever　remitted。　On　the　fifth　day　afterwards；　fever　relapsed；



spleen　immediately　became　swollen；　acute　fever；　deafness　again。　On　the



third　day　after　the　relapse；　the　spleen　diminished；　deafness　less；



legs　painful；　sweated　during　the　night；　crisis　took　place　on　the



seventeenth　day；　had　no　disorder　of　the　senses　during　the　relapse。



　　CASE　IV。　In　Thasus；　the　wife　of　Philinus；　having　been　delivered　of　a



daughter；　the　discharge　being　natural；　and　other　matters　going　on



mildly；　on　the　fourteenth　day　after　delivery　was　seized　with　fever；



attended　with　rigor；　was　pained　at　first　in　the　cardiac　region　of



the　stomach　and　right　hypochondrium；　pain　in　the　genital　organs；



lochial　discharge　ceased。　Upon　the　application　of　a　pessary　all



these　symptoms　were　alleviated；　pains　of　the　head；　neck；　and　loins



remained；　no　sleep；　extremities　cold；　thirst；　bowels　in　a　hot　state；



stools　scanty；　urine　thin；　and　colorless　at　first。　On　the　sixth；



towards　night；　senses　much　disordered；　but　again　were　restored。　On　the



seventh；　thirsty；　the　evacuations　bilious；　and　high　colored。　On　the



eighth；　had　a　rigor；　acute　fever；　much　spasm；　with　pain；　talked



much；　incoherently；　upon　the　application　of　a　suppository；　rose　to



stool；　and　passed　copious　dejections；　with　a　bilious　flux；　no　sleep。



On　the　ninth；　spasms。　On　the　tenth；　slightly　recollected。　On　the



eleventh；　slept；　had　perfect　recollection；　but　again　immediately



wandered；　passed　a　large　quantity　of　urine　with　spasms；　（the



attendants　seldom　putting　her　in　mind）；　it　was　thick；　white；　like



urine　which　has　been　shaken　after　it　has　stood　for　a　considerable　time



until　it　has　subsided；　but　it　had　no　sediment；　in　color　and



consistence；　the　urine　resembled　that　of　cattle；　as　far　as　I　observed。



About　the　fourteenth　day；　startings　over　the　whole　body；　talked



much；　slightly　collected；　but　presently　became　again　delirious。



About　the　seventeenth　day　became　speechless；　on　the　twentieth　died。



　　CASE　V。　The　wife　of　Epicrates；　who　was　lodged　at　the　house　of



Archigetes；　being　near　the　term　of　delivery；　was　seized　with　a　violent



rigor；　and；　as　was　said；　she　did　not　become　heated；　next　day　the　same。



On　the　third；　she　was　delivered　of　a　daughter；　and　everything　went



on　properly。　On　the　day　following　her　delivery；　she　was　seized　with



acute　fever；　pain　in　the　cardiac　region　of　the　stomach；　and　in　the



genital　parts。　Having　had　a　suppository；　was　in　so　far　relieved；



pain　in　the　head；　neck；　and　loins；　no　sleep；　alvine　discharges　scanty；



bilious；　thin；　and　unmixed；　urine　thin；　and　blackish。　Towards　the



night　of　the　sixth　day　from　the　time　she　was　seized　with　the　fever；



became　delirious。　On　the　seventh；　all　the　symptoms　exacerbated；



insomnolency；　delirium；　thirst；　stools　bilious；　and　high　colored。　On



the　eighth；　had　a　rigor；　slept　more。　On　the　ninth；　the　same。　On　the



tenth；　her　limbs　painfully　affected；　pain　again　of　the　cardiac



region　of　the　stomach；　heaviness　of　the　head；　no　delirium；　slept　more；



bowels　constipated。　On　the　eleventh；　passed　urine　of　a　better　color；



and　having　an　abundant　sediment；　felt　lighter。　On　the　fourteenth　had　a



rigor；　acute　fever。　On　the　fifteenth；　had　a　copious　vomiting　of



bilious　and　yellow　matters；　sweated；　fever　gone；　at　night　acute　fever；



urine　thick；　sediment　white。　On　the　seventeenth；　an　exacerbation；



night　uncomfortable；　no　sleep；　delirium。　On　the　eighteenth；　thirsty；



tongue　parched；　no　sleep；　much　delirium；　legs　painfully　affected。



About　the　twentieth；　in　the　morning；　had　as　light　rigor；　was　comatose；



slept　tranquilly；　had　slight　vomiting　of　bilious　and　black　matters；



towards　night　deafness。　About　the　twenty…first；　weight　generally　in



the　left　side；　with　pain；　slight　urine　thick；　muddy；　and　reddish；　when



allowed　to　stand；　had　no　sediment；　in　other　respects　felt　lighter；



fever　not　gone；　fauces　painful　from　the　commencement；　and　red；　uvula



retracted；　defluxion　remained　acrid；　pungent；　and　saltish



throughout。　About　the　twenty…seventh；　free　of　fever；　sediment　in　the



urine；　pain　in　the　side。　About　the　thirty…first；　was　attacked　with



fever；　bilious　diarrhea；　slight　bilious　vomiting　on　the　fortieth。



Had　a　complete　crisis；　and　was　freed　from　the　fever　on　the　eightieth



day。



　　CASE　VI。　Cleonactides；　who　was　lodged　above　the　Temple　of



Hercules；　was　seized　with　a　fever　in　an　irregular　form；　was　pained



in　the　head　and　left　side　from　the　commencement；　and　had　other　pains



resembling　those　produced　by　fatigue；　paroxysms　of　the　fevers



inconstant　and　irregular；　occasional　sweats；　the　paroxysms　generally



attacked　on　the　critical　days。　About　the　twenty…fourth　was　cold　in　the



extremities　of　the　hands；　vomitings　bilious；　yellow；　and　frequent；



soon　turning　to　a　verdigris…green　color；　general　relief。　About　the



thirtieth；　began　to　have　hemorrhage　from　both　nostrils；　and　this



continued　in　an　irregular　manner　until　near　the　crisis；　did　not　loathe



food；　and　had　no　thirst　throughout；　nor　was　troubled　with



insomnolency；　urine　thin；　and　not　devoid　of　color。　When　about　the



thirtieth　day；　passed　reddish　urine；　having　a　copious　red　sediment；



was　relieved；　but　afterwards　the　characters　of　the　urine　varied；



sometimes　having　sediment；　and　sometimes　not。　On　the　sixtieth；　the



sediment　in　the　urine　copious；　white；　and　smooth；　all　the　symptoms



ameliorated；　intermission　of　the　fever；　urine　thin；　and　well



colored。　On　the　seventieth；　fever　gone　for　ten　days。　On　the



eightieth　had　a　rigor；　was　seized　with　acute　fever；　sweated　much；　a



red；　smooth　sediment　in　the　urine；　and　a　perfect　crisis。



　　CASE　VII。　Meton　was　seized　with　fever；　there　was　a　painful　weight　in



the　loins。　Next　day；　after　drinking　water　pretty　copiously；　had　proper



evacuations　from　the　bowels。　On　the　third；　heaviness　of　the　head；



stools　thin；　bilious；　and　reddish。　On　the　fourth；　all　the　symptoms



exacerbated；　had　twice　a　scanty　trickling　of　blood　from　the　right



nostril；　passed　an　uncomfortable　night；　alvine　discharges　like　those



on　the　third　day；　urine　darkish；　had　a　darkish　cloud　floating　in　it；



of　a　scattered　form；　which　did　not　subside。　On　the　fifth；　a　copious



hemorrhage　of　pure　blood　from　the　left　he　sweated；　and　had　a　crisis。



After　the　fever　restless；　and　had　some　delirium；　urine　thin；　and



darkish；　had　an　affusion　of　warm　water　on　the　head；　slept　and



recovered　his　senses。　In　this　case　there　was　no　relapse；　but　there



were　frequent　hemorrhages　after　the　crisis。



　　CASE　VIII。　Erasinus；　who　lived　near　the　Canal　of　Bootes；　was



seized　with　fever　after　supper；　passed　the　night　in　an　agitated　state。



During　the　first　day　quiet；　but　in　pain　at　night。　On　the　second；



symptoms　all　exacerbated；　at　night　delirious。　On　the　third；　was　in　a



painful　condition；　great　incoherence。　On　the　fourth；　in　a　most



uncomfortable　state；　had　no　sound　sleep　at　night；　but　dreaming　and



talking；　then　all　the　appearances　worse；　of　a　formidable　and



alarming　character；　fear；　impatience。　On　the　morning　of　the　fifth；　was



composed；　and　quite　coherent；　but　long　before　noon　was　furiously



mad；　so　that　he　could　not　constrain　himself；　ext