Praxis medicinæ, or, the physicians practice vvherein are contained inward diseases from the head to the foote: explayning the nature of each disease, with the part affected; and also the signes, causes, and prognostiques, and likewise what temperature of the ayre is most requisite for the patients abode, with direction for the diet he ought to obserue, together with experimentall cures for euery disease. ... Written by that famous and worthy physician, VValter Bruel.

The Signes.

The fitt oftentimes comes suddenly with much fome, and fome is a peculiar and especiall note of this disease, which, because it is slimy, may bee drawne out at length, yet in a gentler falling sicknes this doth not appeare; and then, when hee is depriued of senses, hee falls to the ground with a violent shaking of his body, his face is wrested, his eyes turned vpwards, his chinne is sometime driuen to his shoulders, and oftentimes he voydeth seed, ordure, vrine against his will, his muskles are loosned: all these are signes of a strong fitte. Moreouer, they do often short, and cry out in their sleepe, and their voyces are faint, like vnto the voyces of such as are almost strangled. They oftentimes thrust out their toungs, and it is to bee feared, that some∣time they bite them with their teeth. Sometime their teeth are so fast closed together, that they are in danger of stifling: this fitte in some lasteth not long, and then they come to themselues againe, and rise of their owne accord. Very often, before the comming of this fitte, they breathe with difficulty: some feele a cold vapour ascend from the nape of the necke, vnto the crowne of the head; in some, windines doth trouble the belly and heart. Palenes of the face, inordinate motion of the tongue, paine and heauines of the head, forgetfulnes, sadnes, ficklenes of mind, troublesome dreames are vshers to this disease, then are they taken with a giddines: sometime darknes, and diuers dimme glisterings appeare before their eyes.