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Explanation of the characters. It is probable that the cause of death
on the sixth day was the suppression of the discharges.
Case 8
The young man who was lodged by the Liars' Market was seized
with fever from fatigue, labor, and running out of season. On the
first day, the bowels disordered, with bilious, thin, and copious
dejections; urine thin and blackish; had no sleep; was thirsty. On
the second all the symptoms were exacerbated; dejections more copious
and unseasonable; he had no sleep; disorder of the intellect; slight
sweat. On the third day, restless, thirst, nausea, much tossing about,
bewilderment, delirium; extremities livid and cold; softish distention
of the hypochondrium on both sides. On the fourth, did not sleep;
still worse. On the seventh he died. He was about twenty years of
age.
Explanation of the characters.It is probable that the cause of his death on the seventh day was the unseasonable practices mentioned
above. An acute affection.
Case 9
The woman who lodged at the house of Tisamenas had a troublesome
attack of iliac passion, much vomiting; could not keep her drink;
pains about the hypochondria, and pains also in the lower part of
the belly; constant tormina; not thirsty; became hot; extremities
cold throughout, with nausea and insomnolency; urine scanty and thin;
dejections undigested, thin, scanty. Nothing could do her any good.
She died.
Case 10
A woman of those who lodged with Pantimides, from a miscarriage, was taken ill of fever. On the first day, tongue dry, thirst, nausea, insomnolency,
belly disordered, with thin, copious, undigested dejections. On the
second day, had a rigor, acute fever; alvine discharges copious; had
no sleep. On the third, pains greater. On the fourth, delirious. On
the seventh she died. Belly throughout loose, with copious, thin,
undigested evacuations; urine scanty, thin. An ardent fever.
Case 11
Another woman, after a miscarriage about the fifth month,
the wife of Ocetes, was seized with fever. At first had sometimes
coma and sometimes insomnolency; pain of the loins; heaviness of the
head. On the second, the bowels were disordered, with scanty, thin,
and at first unmixed dejections. On the third, more copious, and worse;
at night did not sleep. On
