. An essay on fevers : to which is now added, a dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat. A N ESSAY O N T H E S M A L L-P O X- H E different EffeBs of the fam^Bifeafe^ on different Conjiitutions ofthe Solids and Fluids, is in no Cafemore evident than in the Small-pox.—For, firft, when the variolous Contagionattacks a Perfon of flrong tenfe Fibres, and ^rich denfe Blood, commonly a fmart inflam-matory Fever enfues; in which fometimes theLungs, fometimes the Brain, the Throat andother Parts are greatly inflamed; and on Bleed-ing you have a very thick inflammatory Blood 5and you are ma


. An essay on fevers : to which is now added, a dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat. A N ESSAY O N T H E S M A L L-P O X- H E different EffeBs of the fam^Bifeafe^ on different Conjiitutions ofthe Solids and Fluids, is in no Cafemore evident than in the Small-pox.—For, firft, when the variolous Contagionattacks a Perfon of flrong tenfe Fibres, and ^rich denfe Blood, commonly a fmart inflam-matory Fever enfues; in which fometimes theLungs, fometimes the Brain, the Throat andother Parts are greatly inflamed; and on Bleed-ing you have a very thick inflammatory Blood 5and you are many Times obliged to bleed re-peatedly, unlefs you will fufi^er your Patient tobe carried oflT by a raving Phrenzy, or choak-ed by a peripneumonic ^Herethe Pulfe is rapid, full, tenfe ; the Breathinghot, fhort, and laborious; the Heat very fharpand the Urine high-coloured j the Third great; the Of the Smallpox, i%*j the Tongue dry and foul ; the Pain of theHead, Back, Loins, and Limbs, exceedinglyacute.—Under fuch Symptonris I would bleedin a Peftilence, or indeed any other Difo


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