13。Thegreatestandmostdangerousdisease，andtheonethatprovedfataltothegreatestnumber，wasconsumption。Withmanypersonsitcommencedduringthewinter，andofthesesomewereconfinedtobed，andothersboreuponfoot;themostofthosediedearlyinspringwhowereconfinedtobed;oftheothers，thecoughleftnotasingleperson，butitbecamemilderthroughthesummer;duringtheautumn，allthesewereconfinedtobed，andmanyofthemdied，butinthegreaternumberofcasesthediseasewaslongprotracted。Mostoftheseweresuddenlyattackedwiththesediseases，havingfrequentrigors，oftencontinualandacutefevers;unseasonable，copious，andcoldsweatsthroughout;greatcoldness，fromwhichtheyhadgreatdifficultyinbeingrestoredtoheat;thebowelsvariouslyconstipated，andagainimmediatelyinaloosestate，buttowardstheterminationinallcaseswithviolentloosenessofthebowels;adeterminationdownwardsofallmatterscollectedaboutthelungs;
urineexcessive，andnotgood;troublesomemelting。Thecoughsthroughoutwerefrequent，andcopious，digested，andliquid，butnotbroughtupwithmuchpain;andevenwhentheyhadsomeslightpain，inallcasesthepurgingofthemattersaboutthelungswentonmildly。
Thefauceswerenotveryirritable，norweretheytroubledwithanysaltishhumors;buttherewereviscid，white，liquid，frothy，andcopiousdefluxionsfromthehead。Butbyfarthegreatestmischiefattendingtheseandtheothercomplaints，wastheaversiontofood，ashasbeendescribed。Forneitherbeendescribed。Forneitherhadtheyanyrelishfordrinkalongwiththeirfood，butcontinuedwithoutthirst。Therewasheavinessofthebody，dispositiontocoma，inmostcasesswelling，whichendedindropsy;theyhadrigors，andweredelirioustowardsdeath。
14。Theformofbodypeculiarlysubjecttophthisicalcomplaintswasthesmooth，thewhitish，thatresemblingthelentil;thereddish，theblue—eyed，theleucophlegmatic，andthatwiththescapulaehavingtheappearanceofwings:andwomeninlikemanner，withregardtothemelancholicandsubsanguineous，phreniticanddysentericaffectionsprincipallyattackedthem。Tenesmustroubledyoungpersonsofaphlegmatictemperament。Chronicdiarrhoea，acridandvisciddischargesfromthebowels，attackedthosewhoweretroubledwithbitterbile。
15。Toallthosewhichhavebeendescribed，theseasonofspringwasmostinimical，andprovedfataltothegreatestnumbers:thesummerwasthemostfavorabletothem，andthefewestdiedthen;inautumn，andunderthePleiades，againtherediedgreatnumbers。Itappearstome，accordingtothereasonofthings，thatthecomingonofsummershouldhavedonegoodinthesecases;forwintercomingoncuresthediseasesofsummer，andsummercomingonremovesthediseasesofwinter。Andyetthesummerinquestionwasnotofitselfwellconstituted，foritbecamesuddenlyhot，southerly，andcalm;but，notwithstanding，itprovedbeneficialbyproducingachangeontheotherconstitution。