[p. 121] copious; acute fever. On the sixth, in the
evening, very incoherent, no sleep during the night. On the seventh,
all the symptoms exacerbated; urine of the same characters; much talking,
and he could not contain himself; the bowels being stimulated, passed
a watery discharge with lumbrici: night equally painful. In the morning
had a rigor; acute fever, hot sweat, appeared to be free of fever;
did not sleep long; after the sleep a chill, ptyalism; in the evening,
great incoherence; after a little, vomited a small quantity of dark
bilious matters. On the ninth, coldness, much delirium, did not sleep.
On the tenth, pains in the limbs, all the symptoms exacerbated; he
was delirious. On the eleventh, he died.
Case 13
A woman, who lodged on the Quay, being three months gone
with child, was seized with fever, and immediately began to have pains
in the loins. On the third day, pain of the head and neck, extending
to the clavicle, and right hand; she immediately lost the power of
speech; was paralyzed in the right hand, with spasms, after the manner
of paraplegia; was quite incoherent; passed an uncomfortable night;
did not sleep; disorder of the bowels, attended with bilious, On the
fourth, recovered the use of her tongue; spasms of the same parts,
and general pains remained; swelling in the hypochondrium, accompanied
with pain; did not sleep, was quite incoherent; bowels disordered,
urine thin, and not of a good color. On the fifth, acute fever; pain
of the hypochondrium, quite incoherent; alvine evacuations bilious;
towards night had a sweat, and was freed from the fever. On the sixth,
recovered her reason; was every way relieved; the pain remained about
the left clavicle; was thirsty, urine thin, had no sleep. On the seventh
trembling, slight coma, some incoherence, pains about the clavicle
and left arm remained; in all other respects was alleviated; quite
coherent. For three days remained free from fever. On the eleventh,
had a relapse, with rigor and fever. About the fourteenth day, vomited
pretty abundantly bilious and yellow matters, had a sweat, the fever
went off, by coming to a crisis.
Case 14
Melidia, who lodged near the Temple of Juno, began to feel
a violent pain of the head, neck, and chest. She
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