seemedtobefreefromfever;butagainintheeveninghebecamehot,withthesamepains,rigor,thirst,slightlyincoherent。Onthetwenty—fourth,urinecopious,white,withanabundantsediment;acopiousandwarmsweatallover;apyrexia;thefevercametoitscrisis。
Explanationofthecharacters。Itisprobablethatthecurewasowingtothebiliousevacuationsandthesweats。
CASEXI。InThasus,awoman,ofamelancholicturnofmind,fromsomeaccidentalcauseofsorrow,whilestillgoingabout,becameaffectedwithlossofsleep,aversiontofood,andhadthirstandnausea。ShelivednearthePylates,uponthePlain。Onthefirst,atthecommencementofnight,frights,muchtalking,despondency,slightfever;inthemorning,frequentspasms,andwhentheyceased,shewasincoherentandtalkedobscurely;painsfrequent,greatandcontinued。Onthesecond,inthesamestate;hadnosleep;fevermoreacute。Onthethird,thespasmslefther;butcoma,anddispositiontosleep,andagainawaked,startedup,andcouldnotcontainherself;muchincoherence;acutefever;onthatnightacopioussweatallover;apyrexia,slept,quitecollected;hadacrisis。Aboutthethirdday,theurineblack,thin,substancesfloatinginitgenerallyround,didnotfalltothebottom;aboutthecrisisacopiousmenstruation。
CASEXII。InLarissa,ayoungunmarriedwomanwasseizedwithafeveroftheacuteandardenttype;insomnolency,thirst;tonguesootyanddry;urineofagoodcolor,butthin。Onthesecond,inanuneasystate,didnotsleep。Onthethird,alvinedischargescopious,watery,andgreenish,andonthefollowingdayspassedsuchwithrelief。Onthefourth,passedasmallquantityofthinurine,havingsubstancesfloatingtowardsitssurface,whichdidnotsubside;
wasdelirioustowardsnight。Onthesixth,agreathemorrhagefromthenose;achill,withacopiousandhotsweatallover;apyrexia,hadacrisis。Inthefever,andwhenithadpassedthecrisis,themensestookplaceforthefirsttime,forshewasayoungwoman。