[p. 119]third, was in a painful
condition; great incoherence. On the fourth, in a most uncomfortable
state; had no sound sleep at night, but dreaming and talking; then
all the appearances worse, of a formidable and alarming character;
fear, impatience. On the morning of the fifth, was composed, and quite
coherent, but long before noon was furiously mad, so that he could
not constrain himself; extremities cold, and somewhat livid; urine
without sediment; died about sunset. The fever in this case was accompanied
by sweats throughout; the sweats throughout; the hypochondria were
in a state of meteorism, with distention and pain; the urine was black,
has round substances floating in it, which did not subside; the alvine
evacuations were not stopped; thirst throughout not great; much spasms
with sweats about the time of death.
Case 9
Criton, in Thasus, while still on foot, and going about, was
seized with a violent pain in the great toe; he took to bed the same
day, had rigors and nausea, recovered his heat slightly, at night
was delirious. On the second, swelling of the whole foot, and about
the ankle erythema, with distention, and small bullae (phlyctaenae);
acute fever; he became furiously deranged; alvine discharges bilious,
unmixed, and rather frequent. He died on the second day from the commencement.
Case 10
The Clazomenian who was lodged by the Well of Phrynichides
was seized with fever. He had pain in the head, neck, and loins from
the beginning, and immediately afterwards deafness; no sleep, acute
fever, hypochondria elevated with a swelling, but not much distention;
tongue dry. On the fourth, towards night, he became delirious. On
the fifth, in an uneasy state. On the sixth, all the symptoms exacerbated.
About the eleventh a slight remission; from the commencement to the
fourteenth day the alvine discharges thin, copious, and of the color
of water, but were well supported; the bowels then became constipated.
Urine throughout thin, and well colored, and had many substances scattered
through it, but no sediment. About the sixteenth, urine somewhat thicker,
which had a slight sediment; somewhat better, and more collected.
On the seventeenth, urine again thin; swellings about both his ears,
with pain; no sleep, some incoherence; legs painfully affected. On
the twenti-
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