[p. 135] it became suddenly hot, southerly, and calm; but, not withstanding,
it proved beneficial by producing a change on the other constitution.
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I look upon it as being a great part of the art to be able to
judge properly of that which has been written. For he that knows and
makes a proper use of these things, would appear to me not likely
to commit any great mistake in the art. He ought to learn accurately
the constitution of every one of the seasons, and of the diseases;
whatever that is common in each constitution and disease is good,
and whatever is bad; whatever disease will be protracted and end in
death, and whatever will be protracted and end in recovery; which
disease of an acute nature will end in death, and which in recovery.
From these it is easy to know the order of the critical days, and
prognosticate from them accordingly. And to a person who is skilled
in these things, it is easy to know to whom, when, and how aliment
ought to be administered.
Section 17 -- Sixteen Cases
Case I
In Thasus, the Parian who lodged above the Temple of Diana
was seized with an acute fever, at first of a continual and ardent
type; thirsty, inclined to be comatose at first, and afterwards troubled
with insomnolency; bowels disordered at the beginning, urine thin.
On the sixth day, passed oily urine, was delirious. On the seventh,
all the symptoms were exacerbated; had no sleep, but the urine of
the same characters, and the understanding disordered; alvine dejections
bilious and fatty. On the eighth, a slight epistaxis; small vomiting
of verdigris-green matters; slept a little. On the ninth, in the same
state. On the tenth, all the symptoms gave way. On the eleventh, he
sweated, but not over the whole body; he became cold, but immediately
recovered his heat again. On the fourteenth, acute fever; discharges
bilious, thin, and copious; substances floating in the urine; he became
incoherent. On the seventeenth, in a painful state, for he had no
sleep, and the fever was more intense. On the twentieth, sweated all
over; apyrexia, dejections bilious; aversion to food, comatose. On
the twenty-fourth, had a relapse.
