The cure of all sorts of fevers both generall, and particular, with their definition, kindes, differences, causes, signes, prognostication, and manner of cure, with a prespectation, their intentions curative, with their symptoms, and divers other things herein very necessarie to be judiciously observed in every fever. Lately compiled by Ed. Edvvards Doctor in Physick. Ann. Dom. 1637.

Of the Intermitting cotidian Fever.

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• 1 Definition its a fever
  • or common ague,
  • with a fit once in 24. houres every day.
• 2 Kindes are ii. i. the
  • 1 continuall before spoken of,
  • 2 intermitting cotidian.
• 3 Differences are in the
  • 1 kindes,
  • 2 manner of the fits either
    • typick,
    • erratick.
  • 3 place in which the matter is contained. &c.
• 4 Causes, the
  • 1 continuall is flegme putrified within the veins,
  • 2 intermitting is flegme putrified in the mesenteries.
• 5 Signes, the
  • 1 first never ceaseth till it end either by
    • 1 health,
    • 2 death.
  • 2 second hath a fit
    • 1 once in a day,
    • 2 first cold, and after burning hot.
• 6 Prognostic. the
  • 1 continuall cotidian is dangerous, and killeth many.
  • 2 intermitting is
    • seldome dangerous.
    • often of long continuance.
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• 7 Cure, in it con∣sider the
  • 1 perspecta∣tion, in it consider whether the
    • 1 flegme be
      • 1 sweet and easie to turn into bloud, there bleed to open the obstructions.
      • 2 salt, purge it. S. A.
      • 3 sowre, there bleed not.
      • 4 glassi, there bleed not.
    • 2 partie must bleed or no.
    • 3 method generall be best.
  • 2 intentions curative, be 6. i.
    • 1 diet as in oedema.
    • 2 secondly, give a clyster. S. A.
    • 3 thirdly, prepare the matter.
    • 4 fourthly, purge the flegme, S. A. by 1 vomit, 2 stoole.
    • 5 corroborate the parts weakened.
    • 6 correct the accidents.