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 bastard tertian fever.

The

• 1 Definition, this mendosa or bastard tertian fever intermitting.
• 2 Kindes are
  • as aforesaid in the former Chapter.
  • 1 Vera, the true simple, tertian fever.
  • 2 Mendosa, i. the bastard compound tertian fever.
• 3 Differences are in the
  • 1 kindes.
  • 2 humours, the
    • 1 first is simply of choler putrified in the missenteries, the fit not above 12. houres.
    • 2 second is compound of choler and flegme, the fit commonly 16. or 18. houres.
• 4 Causes are in the
  • 1 exquisite tertian, of pure red or yellow choler, putrified in the mis∣senteries.
  • 2 bastard tertian is choler, & flegme, mixt in one, putrified in the mis∣senteries.
• 5 Signes the
  • 1 first have a fit of 1 9. or 12. houres every other day.
  • 2 second have a fit of 2 16. or 18. houres every other day.
  • ☞ fits are first very cold, and after burning hot.
• 6 Prognostic.
  • 1 these be not
    • 1 reckoned among great diseases.
    • 2 dangerous in themselves.
  • 2 the bastard tertian is worse to remove then the ex∣quisite.
• ...

• 7 Cure, in it consider the
  • 1 perspectation, wherein con∣sider the
    • 1 kindes,
    • 2 differences,
    • 3 causes,
    • 4 signes,
    • 5 prognostic.
    • 6 best method to cure it.
  • 2 intentions curative, be 8. i.
    • 1 diet inclining to heat that do
      • 1 attenuate,
      • 2 make thinne,
      • 3 insise, &c.
    • 2 prepare choler and flegme both. S. A.
    • 3 purge choler and flegme both. S. A.
    • 4 open the obstructions,
    • 5 free the perspiration,
    • 6 remove and resist putrifaction,
    • 7 corroborate the parts weakened,
    • 8 correct the accidents.