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 tertian fever.

The

• 1 Definition, this tertiana febris intermittence is here taken for a com∣mon agur, having a fit every other day.
• 2 Kindes are divers,
  • 1 generally ii. i. the
    • 1 continuall tertian afore spoken of.
    • 2 intermitting as
      • 1 vera,
      • 2 mendosa.
  • 2 others which here I omit.
• 3 Differences are the
  • continuall, is choler putrified in the veins.
  • Intermitting tertiana
    • 1 Vera is choler putrified in the mis∣senteries.
    • 2 Mendosa is choler and flegme putrified in the mis∣senteries.
• 4 Causes are generally according to each kinde, &c.
• 5 Signes are
  • 1 proper to each fever and causes.
  • in the
    • 1 continuall, a continuall fit without intermission.
    • 2 Vera a fit
      • of 12. houres each other day,
      • first with shaking cold, and after very bur∣ning hot.
    • 3 Mendosa a fit
      • of 16. or 18. houres,
      • first with very cold shivering, and af∣ter ends with burning heat.
• 6 Prognostic. the
  • 1 first is dangerous, and do kill many.
  • 2 ii. last not dangerous of themselves, except with some other disease.
• ...

• 7 Cure, in it consider the
  • 1 perspecta∣tion, in it consider the
    • 1 kindes,
    • 2 differences,
    • 3 causes and humors whether
      • 1 simple,
      • 2 compound,
      • 3 equall, if com∣pound, or
      • 4 inequall if com∣pound.
    • 4 Signes,
    • 5 Prognostic.
    • 6 iii. deadly enemies to all agues, i.
      • 1 fasting,
      • 2 bleeding,
      • 3 purging. S. A.
    • 7 intentions curative
    • 8 way to begin the cure, and so to proceed me∣thodically. S. A.
  • 2 intentions curative, must be
    • 1 in all things accor∣ding to
      • 1 fever,
      • 2 humour,
      • 3 accidents.
    • 2 varie herein, in all things according to the matter and place wherein it is contained.