Volume 1
The history of epidemics. In seven books / [Hippocrates] ; translated into English from the Greek, with notes and observations, and a preliminary dissertation on the nature and cause of infection, by Samuel Farr.
- Epidemics
- Date:
- 1780
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The history of epidemics. In seven books / [Hippocrates] ; translated into English from the Greek, with notes and observations, and a preliminary dissertation on the nature and cause of infection, by Samuel Farr. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ned. I will mention to. whom thefe things happened. Bron, who, lay fick with Sitenus, CRATIA with: XENOPHANUs, the fon of ΔΕΕΤΟΝ, and the wife of MinisTRATUS; all of whom were affected with dyfenteries: But it remains to be enquired, whether becaufe the urine was watry or no. Many fevers about the time of Arcturus were terminated by a crifis on the eleventh day, and thefe fuffered extraordinary relapfes. Many perfons likewife at this time became coma- tofe, efpecially boys, and thefe, more particularly than others, died. But about the Equinox, and under the Ρ]ει- ades, and in the Winter, inflammatory fevers prevailed ; and of thefe many phrenfies, of which a great number died, yet few of them occurred during the Summer. In thefe ardent fevers the danger foon appeared ; fora fmart fever at firft at- tacked the patient, with a very flight rigor or fhivering, great watchfulnefs, anxiety, and thirft, accompanied with a {mall fweat about the forehead and breaft bones, but none over the whole body. The delirium was violent, with great diftrefs and defpondency ; and there was great coldnefs about the feet, and efpecially the hands. Exacerbations arofe on the even days, and in moft cafes great pains on the fourth, with cold fweats, but no heat in the extremities: On the contrary they. were cold and livid; and there was no thirft af- ter this. The urine was black, thin, and in {mall quantity, and the inteftines were bound. ‘There was no hemorrhage at the nofe, but a {mall quantity iffued from it. This brought, however, no relief, for moft perfons died on the fixth day ina cold fweat. All thefe things did not happen to thofe who were affected with phrenfy, for this was often deter- - mined](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33518683_0001_0066.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
