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CASE XI
In Thasos a woman of gloomy temperament, after
a grief with a reason for it, without taking to bed
lost sleep and appetite, and suffered thirst and
nausea. She lived near the place of Pylades on the
plain.
First day. As night began there were fears, much
rambling, depression and slight feverishness. Early
in the morning frequent convulsions ; whenever these
frequent convulsions intermitted, she wandered
and uttered obscenities ; many pains, severe and
continuous.
Second day. Same symptoms ; no sleep ; fever
more acute.
Third day. The convulsions ceased, but were
succeeded by coma and oppression, followed in turn
by wakefulness. She would jump up ; could not
restrain herself ; wandered a great deal ; fever
acute ; on this night a copious, hot sweating all
over ; no fever ; slept, was perfectly rational, and
had a crisis. About the third day urine black and
thin, with particles mostly round floating in it,
which did not settle. Near the crisis copious
menstruation.
CASE XII
In Larisa a maiden was seized with an acute fever
of the ardent type. Sleeplessness ; thirst ; tongue
sooty and parched ; urine of good colour, but thin.
Second day. In pain ; no sleep.
Third day. Copious stools, watery and of a
yellowish green ; similar stools on the following
days, passed without distress.
Fourth day. Scanty, thin urine, with a substance
