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bones　of　the　leg　and　whole　foot　were　laid　bare。　But　of　all　such　cases；



the　most　formidable　were　those　which　took　place　about　the　pubes　and



genital　organs。　Such　was　the　nature　of　these　cases　when　attended



with　sores；　and　proceeding　from　an　external　cause；　but　the　same　things



occurred　in　fevers；　before　fevers；　and　after　fevers。　fevers。　But　those



cases　in　which　an　abscess　was　formed；　and　turned　to　a　suppuration；



or　a　seasonable　diarrhea　or　discharge　of　good　urine　took　place；　were



relieved　thereby：　but　those　cases　in　which　none　of　these　symptoms



occurred；　but　they　disappeared　without　a　crisis；　proved　fatal。　The



greater　number　of　these　erysipelatous　cases　took　place　in　the



spring；　but　were　prolonged　through　the　summer　and　during　autumn。



　　5。　In　certain　cases　there　was　much　disorder；　and　tumors　about　the



fauces；　and　inflammations　of　the　tongue；　and　abscesses　about　the



teeth。　And　many　were　attacked　with　impairment　or　loss　of　speech；　at



first；　those　in　the　commencement　of　phthisis；　but　also　persons　in



ardent　fever　and　in　phrenitis。



　　6。　The　cases　of　ardent　fever　and　phrenitis　occurred　early　in



spring　after　the　cold　set　in；　and　great　numbers　were　taken　ill　at　that



time；　and　these　cases　were　attended　with　acute　and　fatal　symptoms。　The



constitution　of　the　ardent　fevers　which　then　occurred　was　as



follows：　at　the　commencement　they　were　affected　with　coma；　nausea；　and



rigors；　fever　acute；　not　much　thirst；　nor　delirium；　slight



epistaxis；　the　paroxysms　for　the　most　part　on　even　days；　and；　about



the　time　of　the　paroxysms；　forgetfulness；　loss　of　strength　and　of



speech；　the　extremities；　that　is　to　say；　the　hands　and　feet；　at　all



times；　but　more　especially　about　the　time　of　the　paroxysms；　were



colder　than　natural；　they　slowly　and　imperfectly　became　warmed；　and



again　recovered　their　recollection　and　speech。　They　were　constantly



affected　either　with　coma；　in　which　they　got　which　they　got　no



sleep；　or　with　insomnolency；　attended　with　pains；　most　had　disorders



of　the　bowels；　attended　with　undigested；　thin；　and　copious



evacuations；　urine　copious；　thin；　having　nothing　critical　nor



favorable　about　it；　neither　was　there　any　other　critical　appearance　in



persons　affected　thus；　for　neither　was　there　any　proper　hemorrhage；



nor　any　other　of　the　accustomed　evacuations；　to　prove　a　crisis。　They



died；　as　it　happened；　in　an　irregular　manner；　mostly　about　the　crisis；



but　in　some　instances　after　having　lost　their　speech　for　a　long



time；　and　having　had　copious　sweats。　These　were　the　symptoms　which



marked　the　fatal　cases　of　ardent　fever；　similar　symptoms　occurred　in



the　phrenitic　cases；　but　these　were　particularly　free　from　thirst；　and



none　of　these　had　wild　delirium　as　in　other　cases；　but　they　died



oppressed　by　a　bad　tendency　to　sleep；　and　stupor。



　　7。　But　there　were　also　other　fevers；　as　will　be　described。　Many



had　their　mouths　affected　with　aphthous　ulcerations。　There　were　also



many　defluxions　about　the　genital　parts；　and　ulcerations；　boils



（phymata）；　externally　and　internally；　about　the　groins。　Watery



ophthalmies　of　a　chronic　character；　with　pains；　fungous　excrescences



of　the　eyelids；　externally　and　internally；　called　fig；　which　destroyed



the　sight　of　many　persons。　There　were　fungous　growths；　in　many　other



instances；　on　ulcers；　especially　on　those　seated　on　the　genital



organs。　There　were　many　attacks　of　carbuncle　（anthrax）　through　the



summer；　and　other　affections；　which　are　called　〃the　putrefaction〃



（seps）；　also　large　ecthymata；　and　large　tetters　（herpetes）　in　many



instances。



　　8。　And　many　and　serious　complaints　attacked　many　persons　in　the



region　of　the　belly。　In　the　first　place；　tenesmus；　accompanied　with



pain；　attacked　many；　but　more　especially　children；　and　all　who　had　not



attained　to　puberty；　and　the　most　of　these　died。　There　were　many　cases



of　lientery　and　of　dysentery；　but　these　were　not　attended　with　much



pain。　The　evacuations　were　bilious；　and　fatty；　and　thin；　and　watery；



in　many　instances　the　disease　terminated　in　this　way；　with　and　without



fever；　there　were　painful　tormina　and　volvuli　of　a　malignant　kind；



copious　evacuations　of　the　contents　of　the　guts；　and　yet　much　remained



behind；　and　the　passages　did　not　carry　off　the　pains；　but　yielded　with



difficulty　to　the　means　administered；　for　in　most　cases　purgings



were　hurtful　to　those　affected　in　this　manner；　many　died　speedily；　but



in　many　others　they　held　out　longer。　In　a　word；　all　died；　both　those



who　had　acute　attacks　and　those　who　had　chronic；　most　especially



from　affections　of　the　belly；　for　it　was　the　belly　which　carried



them　all　off。



　　9。　All　persons　had　an　aversion　to　food　in　all　the　afore…mentioned



complaints　to　a　degree　such　as　I　never　met　with　before；　and　persons　in



these　complaints　most　especially；　and　those　recovering　from　them；



and　in　all　other　diseases　of　a　mortal　nature。　Some　were　troubled



with　thirst；　and　some　not；　and　both　in　febrile　complaints　and　in



others　no　one　drank　unseasonably　or　disobeyed　injunctions。



　　10。　The　urine　in　many　cases　was　not　in　proportion　to　the　drink



administered；　but　greatly　in　excess；　and　the　badness　of　the　urine



voided　was　great；　for　it　had　not　the　proper　thickness；　nor　concoction；



nor　purged　properly；　for　in　many　cases　purgings　by　the　bladder



indicate　favorably；　but　in　the　greatest　number　they　indicated　a



melting　of　the　body；　disorder　of　the　bowels；　pains；　and　a　want　of



crisis。



　　11。　Persons　laboring　under　phrenitis　and　causus　were　particularly



disposed　to　coma；　but　also　in　all　other　great　diseases　which



occurred　along　with　fever。　In　the　main；　most　cases　were　attended



either　by　heavy　coma；　or　by　short　and　light　sleep。



　　12。　And　many　other　forms　of　fevers　were　then　epidemic；　of　tertian；



of　quartan；　of　nocturnal；　of　continual；　of　chronic；　of　erratic；　of



fevers　attended　with　nausea；　and　of　irregular　fevers。　All　these　were



attended　with　much　disorder；　for　the　bowels　in　most　cases　were



disordered；　accompanied　with　rigors；　sweats　not　of　a　critical



character；　and　with　the　state　of　the　urine　as　described。　In　most



instances　the　disease　was　protracted；　for　neither　did　the　deposits



which　took　place　prove　critical　as　in　other　cases；　for　in　all



complaints　and　in　all　cases　there　was　difficulty　of　crisis；　want　of



crisis；　and　protraction　of　the　disease；　but　most　especially　in



these。　A　few　had　the　crisis　about　the　eightieth　day；　but　in　most



instances　it　（the　disease？）　left　them　irregularly。　A　few　of　them



died　of　dropsy　without　being　confined　to　bed。　And　in　many　other



diseases　people　were　troubled　with　swelling；　but　more　especially　in



phthisical　cases。



　　13。　The　greatest　and　most　dangerous　disease；　and　the　one　that　proved



fatal　to　the　greatest　number；　was　consumption。　With　many　persons　it



commenced　during　the　winter；　and　of　these　some　were　confined　to　bed；



and　others　bore　up　on　foot；　the　most　of　those　died　early　in　spring　who



were　confined　to　bed；　of　the　others；　the　cough　left　not　a　single



person；　but　it　became　milder　through　the　summer；　during　the　autumn；



all　these　were　confined　to　bed；　and　many　of　them　died；　but　in　the



greater　number　of　cases　the　disease　was　long　protracted。　Most　of　these



were　suddenly　attacked　with　these　diseases；　having　frequent　rigors；



often　continual　and　acute　fevers；　unseasonable；　copious；　and　cold



sweats　throughout；　great　coldness；　from　which　they　had　great



difficulty　in　being　restored　to　heat；　the　bowels　variously



constipated；　and　again　immediately　in　a　loose　state；　but　towards　the



termination　in　all　cases　with　violent　looseness　of　the　bowels；　a



determination　downwards　of　all　matters　collected　about　the　lungs；



urine　excessive；　and　not　good；　troublesome　melting。　The　coughs



throughout　were　frequent；　and　copious；　digested；　and　liquid；　but　not



brought　up　with　much　pain；　and　even　when　they　had　some　slight　pain；　in



all　cases　the　purging　of　the　matters　about　the　lungs　went　on　mildly。



The　fauces　were　not　very　irritable；　nor　were　they　troubled　with　any



saltish　humors；　but　there　were　viscid；　white；　liquid；　frothy；　and



copious　defluxions　from　the　head。　But　by　far　the　greatest　mischief



attending　these　and　the　other　complaints；　was　the　aversion　to　food；　as



has　been　described。　For　neither　been　described。　For　neither　had　they



any　relish　for　drink　along　with　their　food；　but　continued　without



thirst。　There　was　heaviness　of　the　body；　disposition　to　coma；　in



most　cases　swelling；　which　ended　in　dropsy；　they　had　rigors；　and



were　delirious　towards　death。



　　14。　The　form　of　body　peculiarly　subject　to　phthisical　complaints　was



the　smooth；　the　whitish；　that　resembling　the　lentil；　the　reddish；



the　blue…eyed；　the　leucophlegmatic；　and　that　with　the　scapulae



having　the　appearance　of　wings：　and　women　in　like　manner；　with



regard　to　the　me