Butafterwardsallthesewereattackedwithdysentery。Itwouldbeworthwhiletoinquirewhetherthewateryurinewasthecauseofthis。
AbouttheseasonofArcturusmanyhadthecrisisontheeleventhday,andinthemtheregularrelapsesdidnottakeplace,buttheybecamecomatoseaboutthistime,especiallychildren;buttherewerefewestdeathsofallamongthem。
11。Abouttheequinox,anduntiltheseasonofthePleiades,andattheapproachofwinter,manyardentfeverssetin;butgreatnumbersatthatseasonwereseizedwithphrenitis,andmanydied;afewcasesalsooccurredduringthesummer。Thesethenmadetheirattackatthecommencementofardentfevers,whichwereattendedwithfatalsymptoms;forimmediatelyupontheirsettingin,therewereacutefeverandsmallrigors,insomnolency,aberration,thirst,nausea,insignificantsweatsabouttheforeheadandclavicles,butnogeneralperspiration;theyhadmuchdelirioustalking,fears,despondency,greatcoldnessoftheextremities,inthefeet,butmoreespeciallyintheirhands:theparoxysmswereontheevendays;
andinmostcases,onthefourthday,themostviolentpainssetin,withsweats,generallycoldish,andtheextremitiescouldnotbewarmed,butwerelividandrathercold,andtheyhadthennothirst;
inthemtheurinewasblack,scanty,thin,andthebowelswereconstipated;therewasanhemorrhagefromthenoseinnocaseinwhichthesesymptomsoccurred,butmerelyatriflingepistaxis;andnoneofthemhadarelapse,buttheydiedonthesixthdaywithsweats。