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abate accompanied acid æther affection armpits atmosphere attack Bancroft bowels British army buboes buboes and carbuncles buncle calomel carbuncles Chenot Chicoyneau cinchona circumstances citric acid clothes cold contact of infected contagious particles costive curative treatment debility deep purple degree delirium diluted mucilage disease disorder drachm drow Egypt epidemic eruptions eschar fatal favourable Febrile Contagion febrile symp febrile symptoms fever fourth day gall-bladder gangrene glands glandular system groins hæmorrhage Hatton Garden heat infected persons inflamed inguinal inoculation instances invaded Egypt jalap Lange leading symptom lymphatic and glandular M'Gregor's Medical Sketches Mackenzie maculæ mercury Mertens Moscow in 1771 nitre observed occur Orræus pain perspiration pestilential epidemy pestilential inflammation PESTIS gravior PESTIS gravissima petechiæ physicians plague at Moscow plague contagion potash præcordia prevention produce profuse prostration of strength ptyalism pulse remarkable remedy Rudimenta salivation skin sometimes stomach temperature thermometer tion tongue tremours variolous vibices vinegar viscus vomiting
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Page 62 - ... if this be true in regard to heat, it did not appear to be so in the army...
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Page 42 - ... engines. The evaporation of the water will be followed by a considerable diminution of the temperature of the immediately surrounding atmosphere ; and if the aspersion, or rather...