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  64。 When in cases of fever jaundice occurs on the seventh; the

ninth; the eleventh; or the fourteenth day; it is a good symptom;

provided the hypochondriac region be not hard。 Otherwise it is not a

good symptom。



  65。 A strong heat about the stomach and cardialgia are bad

symptoms in fevers。



  66。 In acute fevers; spasms; and strong pains about the bowels are

bad symptoms。



  67。 In fevers; frights after sleep; or convulsions; are a bad

symptom。



  68。 In fevers; a stoppage of the respiration is a bad symptom; for

it indicates convulsions。



  69。 When the urine is thick; grumoss; and scanty in cases not free

from fever a copious discharge of thinner urine proves beneficial。

Such a discharge more commonly takes place when the urine has had a

sediment from the first; or soon after the commencement。



  70。 When in fevers the urine is turbid; like that of a beast of

burden; in such a case there either is or will be headache。



  71。 In cases which come to a crisis on the seventh day; the urine

has a red nubecula on the fourth day; and the other symptoms

accordingly。



  72。 When the urine is transparent and white; it is bad; it appears

principally in cases of phrenitis。



  73。 When the hypochondriac region is affected with meteorism and

borborygmi; should pain of the loins supervene; the bowels get into

a loose and watery state; unless there be an eruption of flatus or a

copious evacuation of urine。 These things occur in fevers。



  74。 When there is reason to expect that an abscess will form in

joints; the abscess is carried off by a copious discharge of urine;

which is thick; and becomes white; like what begins to form in certain

cases of quartan fever; attended with a sense of lassitude。 It is also

speedily carried off by a hemorrhage from the nose。



  75。 Blood or pus in the urine indicates ulceration either of the

kidneys or of the bladder。



  76。 When small fleshy substances like hairs are discharged along

with thick urine; these substances come from the kidneys。



  77。 In those cases where there are furfuraceous particles discharged

along with thick urine; there is scabies of the bladder。



  78。 In those cases where there is a spontaneous discharge of

bloody urine; it indicates rupture of a small vein in the kidneys。



  79。 In those cases where there is a sandy sediment in the urine;

there is calculus in the bladder (or kidneys)。



  80。 If a patient pass blood and clots in his urine; and have

strangury; and if a pain seize the hypogastric region and perineum;

the parts about the bladder are affected。



  81。 If a patient pass blood; pus; and scales; in the urine; and if

it have a heavy smell; ulceration of the bladder is indicated。



  82。 When tubercles form in the urethra; if these suppurate and

burst; there is relief。



  83。 When much urine is passed during the night; it indicates that

the alvine evacuations are scanty。





  SECTION V。



  1。 A spasm from taking hellebore is of a fatal nature。



  2。 Spasm supervening on a wound is fatal。



  3。 A convulsion; or hiccup; supervening on a copious discharge of

blood is bad。



  4。 A convulsion; or hiccup; supervening upon hypercatharsis is bad。



  5。 If a drunken person suddenly lose his speech; he will die

convulsed; unless fever come on; or he recover his speech at the

time when the consequences of a debauch pass off。



  6。 Such persons as are seized with tetanus die within four days;

or if they pass these they recover。



  7。 Those cases of epilepsy which come on before puberty may

undergo a change; but those which come on after twenty…five years of

age; for the most part terminate in death。



  8。 In pleuritic affections; when the disease is not purged off in

fourteen days; it usually terminates in empyema。



  9。 Phthisis most commonly occurs between the ages of eighteen and

thirty…five years。



  10。 Persons who escape an attack of quinsy; and when the disease

is turned upon the lungs; die in seven days; or if they pass these

they become affected with empyema。



  11。 In persons affected with phthisis; if the sputa which they cough

up have a heavy smell when poured upon coals; and if the hairs of

the head fall off; the case will prove fatal。



  12。 Phthisical persons; the hairs of whose head fall off; die if

diarrhoea set in。



  13。 In persons who cough up frothy blood; the discharge of it

comes from the lungs。



  14。 Diarrhoea attacking a person affected with phthisis is a

mortal symptom。



  15。 Persons who become affected with empyema after pleurisy; if they

get clear of it in forty days from the breaking of it; escape the

disease; but if not; it passes into phthisis。



  16。 Heat produces the following bad effects on those who use it

frequently: enervation of the fleshy parts; impotence of the nerves;

torpor of the understanding; hemorrhages; deliquia; and; along with

these; death。



  17。 Cold induces convulsions; tetanus; mortification; and febrile

rigors。



  18。 Cold is inimical to the bones; the teeth; the nerves; the brain;

and the spinal marrow; but heat is beneficial。



  19。 Such parts as have been congealed should be heated; except where

there either is a hemorrhage; or one is expected。



  20。 Cold pinches ulcers; hardens the skin; occasions pain which does

not end in suppuration; blackens; produces febrile rigors;

convulsions; and tetanus。



  21。 In the case of a muscular youth having tetanus without a

wound; during the midst of summer; it sometimes happens that the

allusion of a large quantity of cold water recalls the heat。 Heat

relieves these diseases。



  22。 Heat is suppurative; but not in all kinds of sores; but when

it is; it furnishes the greatest test of their being free from danger。

It softens the skin; makes it thin; removes pain; soothes rigor;

convulsions; and tetanus。 It removes affections of the head; and

heaviness of it。 It is particularly efficacious in fractures of the

bones; especially of those which have been exposed; and most

especially in wounds of the head; and in mortifications and ulcers

from cold; in herpes exedens; of the anus; the privy parts; the

womb; the bladder; in all these cases heat is agreeable; and brings

matters to a crisis; but cold is prejudicial; and does mischief。



  23。 Cold water is to be applied in the following cases; when there

is a hemorrhage; or when it is expected; but not applied to the

spot; but around the spot whence the blood flows; and in inflammations

and inflammatory affections; inclining to a red and subsaguineous

color; and consisting of fresh blood; in these cases it is to be

applied but it occasions mortification in old cases; and in erysipelas

not attended with ulceration; as it proves injurious to erysipelas

when ulcerated。



  24。 Cold things; such as snow and ice; are inimical to the chest;

being provocative of coughs; of discharges of blood; and of catarrhs。



  25。 Swellings and pains in the joints; ulceration; those of a

gouty nature; and sprains; are generally improved by a copious

affusion of cold water; which reduces the swelling; and removes the

pain; for a moderate degree of numbness removes pain。



  26。 The lightest water is that which is quickly heated and quickly

cooled。



  27。 When persons have intense thirst; it is a good thing if they can

sleep off the desire of drinking。



  28。 Fumigation with aromatics promotes menstruation; and would be

useful in many other cases; if it did not occasion heaviness of the

head。



  29。 Women in a state of pregnancy may be purged; if there be any

urgent necessity (or; if the humors be in a state of orgasm?); from

the fourth to the seventh month; but less so in the latter case。 In

the first and last periods it must be avoided。



  30。 It proves fatal to a woman in a state of pregnancy; if she be

seized with any of the acute diseases。



  31。 If a woman with child be bled; she will have an abortion; and

this will be the more likely to happen; the larger the foetus。



  32。 Haemoptysis in a woman is removed by an eruption of the menses。



  33。 In a woman when there is a stoppage the menses; a discharge of

blood from the nose is good。



  34。 When a pregnant woman has a violent diarrhoea; there is danger

of her miscarrying。



  35。 Sneezing occurring to a woman affected with hysterics; and in

difficult labor; is a good symptom。



  36。 When the menstrual discharge is of a bad color and irregular; it

indicates that the woman stands in need of purging。



  37。 In a pregnant woman; if the breasts suddenly lose their

fullness; she has a miscarriage。



  38。 If; in a woman pregnant with twins; either of her breasts lose

its fullness; she will part with one of her children; and if it be the

right breast which becomes slender; it will be the male child; or if

the left; the female。



  39。 If a woman who is not with child; nor has brought forth; have

milk; her menses are obstructed。



  40。 In women; blood collected in the breasts indicates madness。



  41。 If you wish to ascertain if a woman be with child; give her

hydromel to drink when she is going to sleep; and has not taken

supper; and if she be seized with tormina in the belly; she is with

child; but otherwise she is not pregnant。



  42。  A woman with child; if it be a male; has a good color; but if a

female; she has a bad color。



  43。 If erysipelas of the womb seize a woman with child; it will

probably prove fatal。



  44。 Women who are very lean; have miscarriages when they prove

with child; until they get into better condition。



  45。 When women; in a moderate condition of body; miscarry in the

second or third month; without any obvious cause; their cotyledones

are filled with mucosity; and cannot support the weight of the foetus;

but are broken asunder。



  46。 Such women as are immoderately fat; and do not prove with child;

in them it is because the epiploon (fat?) blocks up the mouth of the

womb; and until it be reduced; they do not conceive。



  47。 If the por

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