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CHAP. IV.
FEBRIS CONTINƲA, * 1.1 a continual fever: It is caused when one only humour doth rot within the vessels: There is not a more certain sign of a continual fever (either Tertian, Quo∣tidian, or Quartan) than that none of them do come to intermission, or slaking altogether be∣tween the fits, until the fever be quite quenched: Also it begins not with vehement cold, & stiffe∣nesse: nor ends in quiet and rest, as an exquisite intermitting Tertian doth: likewise a conti∣nual Quotidian hath not any absolute inter∣mission; an exquisite Quotidian hath: In like manner a continual Quartan cometh not to quiet and rest between fits: the exquisite quar∣tan doth: and this is all that puts a difference in the signes between them: * 1.2 Observe this com∣pendium in curing rotten fevers, First quench; Secondly, let, or stop the portion of the fever (which is not yet kindled) from being infla∣med: Thirdly, heal the rottenness, and let, and stop that which is already to ingender putrifa∣ction: * 1.3 But first open a vein, secondly open ob∣structions by the wombe, or guts; by the urine, and by sweats, as you shall see cause: and Lastly,
℞. Cons. flor. cichor. & rad. buglossi an. ℥.ss. pulv. * 1.4 elect. triasand. ʒ.ij. dramarg. frig. ʒ.ss. fol. auri minutim concisa n. 2. cum syr. de end. fiat opiata. Varandaeus.