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Show 1% Dependence (f Fever. mation of the spirits (spirituum phlogoais) than of the brain or its membranes. Our celebrated contemporary, Dr. J. P. Frank, is more pointed still: Nee tamen sibi quisg'uam a summzs V.-EPIDEMXC MALIGNANT FEVER, fm'iosisque [zinc inde deliriis capztzsque dolorzbus ING IN INFLADIBIATION OF THE BRAINA kac infebre-ncrvosd nempe-pro latente in enceplzalo iiylammatione impom' Sinai; fallacilatis (11mm plurimum hie latct. CONSISTe 'Tis surprising to me, that physicians can read so many authors, and overlook the most reasonable rules for the good and preservation of mankind, and imbibe principles, which, were it not for fear of giving offence, I should say, are contrary to common sense. Dovan. L. c. I. 109. If the result of'dissection led some observers to discard inflammation in the head, as the cause 1‘ of fever altogether, or, at least, of the accom- panying delirium; others from a'view to the symptoms, embraced the very specious affirmative opinion. Rhumelius (Prophylace luis epidemicw Nurembergae, 1624) pronounced the particular fever he witnessed,a complaint of the parts within the skull, ewwkwwsac- lI "Will But of those who have clearly conceived, and consistently pursued this opinion, Dr. Marteau de Grand- villiers of'Aumale, in France, is the first,on whom it can bring real profit to dwell. And in an age when, among the physicians of all na- tions, safe and decisive practical ideas have been nearly an equal desideratum, the brief; but pregnant memoir, of Grandvilliers deserves notice as much, perhaps, as any thing since produced. In an abstract I might have preserved all the ideas bearing on the present enquiry, but I prefer giving the narrative entire with its t‘ew obvious, but unessential blemishes. V.--EPIDEMIC THIS malignant fever began with a sense of general indisposition. It insensibly increas» cd ; nor did patients take to their beds in less than three, or four days. At first, they more times had a slight chill on the loins,or between the shoulders, but the attack was never marked by shivering. For the first seven or eight days, the fever was as moderate, as during the remis~ sion ; * and, but For a little too much heat on the skin, it might have been taken for intermit~ tent. No nausea, no rising from the stomach or bad taste. Tongue moist and red, or at most whitish, but clean. Urine for the most part natural; sometimes of a slight orange with a little cloud. No change in the Colour of the lips or checks. Nothing could be so insidious as a disease, coming on with such slight warning. Want ot‘slcep, on account of the throbbing* La fievre, les 7 on 8 premiers jours, ctoit aussi mediocre we clans les tems de la rt mission. |