[p. 129]teenth, some blood ran from her nose, she died. In this case the bowels were loose throughout;
with rigors: her age about seventeen. An ardent fever.
Section III -- Constitution 2
Part 1
The year was southerly, rainy; no winds throughout. Droughts having
prevailed during the previous seasons of the year, the south winds
towards the rising of Arcturus were attended with much rain. Autumn
gloomy and cloudy, with copious rains. Winter southerly, damp, and
soft. But long after the solstice, and near the equinox, much wintery
weather out of season; and when now close to the equinox, northerly,
and winterly weather for no long time. The spring again southerly,
calm, much rain until the dog-days. Summer fine and hot; great suffocating
heats. The Etesian winds blew small and irregular; again, about the
season of Arcturus, much rains with north winds.
Part 2
The year being southerly, damp, and soft towards winter, all were
healthy, except those affected with phthisis, of whom we shall write
afterwards.
Part 3
Early in spring, along with the prevailing cold, there were many
cases of erysipelas, some from a manifest cause, and some not. They
were of a malignant nature, and proved fatal to many; many had sore-throat
and loss of speech. There were many cases of ardent fever, phrensy,
aphthous affections of the mouth, tumors on the genital organs; of
ophthalmia, anthrax, disorder of the bowels, anorexia, with thirst
and without it; of disordered urine, large in quantity, and bad in
quality; of persons affected with coma for a long time, and then falling
into a state of insomnolency. There were many cases of failure of
crisis, and many of unfavorable crisis; many of dropsy and of phthisis.
Such were the diseases then epidemic. There were patients affected
with every one of the species which have been mentioned, and many
died. The symptoms in each of these cases were as follows:
Part 4
In many cases erysipelas, from some obvious cause, such as an accident,
and sometimes from even a very small wound, broke out all over the
body, especially, in persons about sixty